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Inaugural NCNW State Conference Held In Daytona
More than 500 women from around the state, who are mem- bers of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), con- verged on Daytona Beach in August for the First State Conference.
Several dignitaries joined the women for the event. (Photos by Julia Jackson)
Daytona Chapter member and Tampa native, Constance Poitier.
Evelyn Bethune, the great- granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, a member of the Daytona Beach Chapter.
Members of the St. Petersburg Chapter in attendance were: Gwendolyn Anderson, Thelma Bruce, Deshay Collier, Ada Davis, Dr. Marva Dennard, Tamara Felton-Howard, Gwendolyn Fields, Allene Gammageahmed, Blanche Ganey, Sandra Gibson, Cynthia Glenn, Betty Haywood, Carolyn Hobbs, Cynthia Jenkins, Shirley Jones, Pearl Keys, Sandra Law, Shelia Lilly-Lewis, Rose Mack, Tenesha Mells, Dorothy Milton, Beverly Mitchell-Brown, Apostle Clarice Pennington, Joanne Rainey, Ethel Robinson, Angela Rouson, Shenyah Ruth, Christine Smith, Georgia Thomas, Annie Tucker, Timeka Walker, Renee Waymon, Mae Welch, David Williams, Valerie Williams, Caroline Wilson and Jacquelyn Wilson.
Tampa’s Metropolitan Section President, Rosa Cambridge, right, led the prayer during the “Lay- ing of the Wreath” at the graveside of Founder and President of NCNW, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University.
Members of the Tampa Metropolitan Chapter in attendance were: seated. Thelma Bruce, Presi- dent Rosa Cambridge, Thelma Green, and speaker, Rhonda Taylor. Standing, Erma Griffin, Brenda Greenway, Anna Clark, Julia Jackson, Daisy Grimes and S. Powell.
Daytona Beach Mayor, Derrick Henry, left, lays a wreath at the tomb of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Mrs. Angela Rouson of the St. Petersburg NCNW Chapter, with Dr. Hubert Grimes, Interim President of Bethune-Cookman Uni- versity, and Mrs. Daisy Grimes.
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