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Celebrating 70 Years In The Tampa Bay Area
Mom’s Prayer Answered: Teen Jailed For Her Child’s Murder
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VOL. 70 NO. 100 FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 44 PAGES
75¢ Bulletin Negro League
Player Loses Battle With Cancer
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Free ACT Prep Classes
Being Offered
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Brothers United After 50-Year Separation
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Hillsborough County ACT-SO Group Excels At National Competition
Members of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) participated in the 37th Annual Competition and Awards Ceremony. The event is the prelude to the 106th National NAACP Convention that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13th through July 17th. The ACT-SO Program is a youth ed- ucational component of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP. ACT-SO members and their chaperones who attended the conference shown kneeling are: Pierre Alsint and Shenell Spencer. Shown standing from left to right are: LaShon Lofgren, Ted Cannedy, Ayanna McDonald, Kaylea Ruiz, Kalimah Ujaama, Naomi Mendez, Gold Medal Winner, Karlea Boswell-Edwards, Charity Sojourner Franks, Bronze Medal Winner, Maurice Jackson, ACT-SO Chairman, and Cassandra Anthony.
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