The City of Tampa Black History Committee, Inc. presented its 2011 Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 16, 2011 in the Old City Hall City Council Chambers. The Honorable Mayor Bob Buckhorn brought greetings. The keynote address was delivered by Lt. Colonel Daniel B. Sparks, United States Marine Corps. The Mistress of Ceremonies was Sharon M. West. From left to right are: Debbie Mercer, Janett S. Martin Scholarship Award Recipient Alesia Jackson, a graduating senior at Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School; Lt. Colonel Daniel B. Sparks, speaker; Diandra Latibeaudiere, City of Tampa Black History Committee Presidential Award Recipient and senior at Freedom High School; Kayneeia Weaver, Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church-Harold Scott Award Recipient and senior at C. Leon King High School; Celeste Gibbons-Peoples, who presented the awards and Frank Crum, President, COTBHC. (Photography by BRUNSON)