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Tampa’s First African American Man And Woman Of The Year Awards
Tampa Native Creates a Ministry to see the spiritual, economic and social needs of the community.
Al Gallon Ministries, Inc. aka (AGM) will host Tampa’s First African American Man and Woman of the Year Awards, themed “In the Black” – Achievements, Community and Service held on December 12, 2015 at the Egypt Shrines Temple, 4050 Dana Shores Dr., Tampa, FL 33634 at 6 p. m.
PASTOR AL GALLON
This awards event will
recognize the achievements of men and women who have empow- ered and contributed to the African American communities in the Tampa Bay Area. The purpose of this event is to raise funds for programs to further its initiatives which will continue to positively impact the local and surrounding communities of Tampa with the resources and tools that will help them grow.
AGM ministry was established as an extension of The Rem- nant Church Int’l Trust in 2000. Founded by Al Gallon as pastor and entrepreneur, who was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Pastor Gallon not only grew to see the economic and social needs of the community, but also saw the spiritual need of the community.
Since AGM’s inception in 2000, it has grown and made great strides and investments within the community by providing pro- grams that empower youth and families.
For more information about the event and sponsorship oppor- tunities, contact Stanley Gloster, Event Coordinator at 813- 952-3184.
Howard W. Blake High School Senior Class State Football Champs
These are some of the members of the 1969-1970 State Football Championship team. They are (left to right): Andre Hill, Jonas Harris, Lonnie Houston, Herman James, Henry Cummings, and Lionel Ballard.
The State of Florida didn’t start a High School Football State Championship series until 1963.
It took five years for Hills- borough County to get its first state champion, with the Je- suit Tigers claiming the title in 1968.
A year later, the Howard W. Blake Yellow Jackets be- came the second team from Hillsborough County to win a state football championship.
The 1970 Blake Senior football team members of the 1969-1970 State Class 1A Champions celebrated their 45th class reunion last Satur- day, September 26, 2015.
The Blake Yellow Jackets defeated the Leesburg High School Yellow Jackets, with their explosive offense, 27-6 in a thriller at the old Tampa Stadium.
The beauty of the game was the collaborative effort of two former college teammates and rival coaches of Blake and Middleton, Abraham “Abe” Brown and James “Big
ABRAHAM “ABE” BROWN
Jim” Williams. They de- vised a stone wall defense that shutdown the Leesburg team.
It was more than 30 years before another Hillsborough County High School won a state championship (Arm- wood).
On a sad note, Blake and Middleton High Schools were shut down after the 1970-1971 school year and converted into junior high schools. As a result, the championship tro- phy and all of the game film and memorabilia was lost. No
JAMES
“BIG JIM” WILLIAMS
other schools in the county suffered this fate during de- segregation.
Last weekend, the rivalry between the two schools was renewed with their annual Heritage Classic game.
This year, the Yellow Jack- ets prevailed 21-3 over the Tigers, giving the North Boulevard campus.
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