LEONARD GEORGE, ESQ., HONORED AT BLACK HISTORY RECEPTION

    The Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) honored Leonard George, Jr., Esq., recently at the Fourth Annual Black History Month Reception. George received the 2025 Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. Sankofa Award for keeping Black history alive. Shown here, left to right, are TBHC Curator of Black History Fred Hearns, Dr. Rozelia LaFayette Kennedy, award-winning WTSP-TV Reporter and Reception MC Emerald Morrow, 1905 Family of Restaurants (Columbia) Chairman/ event Sponsor Richard Gonzmart, Judge Sandra Farragut-Hemphill, George, Brenda LaFayette Austin and Tampa Housing Authority President and CEO/ event sponsor Jerome Ryans. (Photograph by BRUNSON)