‘A Night of Kings And Queens Community Awards Recognition: A Celebration of the African American Culture” was held Friday evening, February 25, 2011, at Pepin’s Hospitality Center. Several area businesses co-sponsored the event. Radio personalities Jomama Johnson and his wife, Prophetess B. Shepard were the Master and Mistress of ceremonies. Award recipients seated left to right: James Johnson accepted the Community Impact Merit Award for the Florida Sentinel; Pastor Moses Brown, Th.D., of Feed Our Children Ministries received the MLK Humanitarian Award; Rev. Thomas Scott, of the Tampa City Council, received the Adam Clayton Powell Award; Ms. Evangeline (Vann) Richardson Best, of the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership, was presented the Marcus Garvey Community Development Award and Sol Davis of Sol Davis Printing received the African American Business Merit Award. Standing, left to right, Thomas Huggins, Tameca Johnson, Julia Jackson, Henry “Shake” Washington, Sr., recipient of the Mary McLeod Bethune Distinguished African American Award; Jomama Johnson, Prophetess B. Shepard and Lawrence Hires, event planner. (Photo by Julia Jackson)