City Of Lake Wales issued the following announcement on Feb 20.
The 4th Annual Black History Month luncheon took place at the James P. Austin Community Center in Lake Wales. The event was sponsored by the Dr. J. A. Wiltshire Scholarship Foundation.
Part of the program included a proclamation by Mayor Fultz remembering Reverend William John Henry Black who was a founder of the Lake Wales Chapter of the NAACP in 1934.
Leroy Smith, current vice president of the Lake Wales Chapter of the NAACP gave a membership appeal during the luncheon.
Dorothy Scott-Wilson hosted the event.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City Of Lake Wales
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