Riviera Beach Library Director Cynthia Cobb (seated left) is photographed with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members from West Palm Beach and Broward County Chapters. Seated: Cynthia
Cobb, Freddie Calloway; Second row: Tanya Francisco, Sandra Turnquest, Karen Hoskins; Third row: Marilyn Pickens, Gale Jackson, April McAdoo, LaToya Ricketts,
Debbye Raing
West
Palm Beach Customer Relations Coordinator Gale Jackson planned the dedication
of the Shirley Chisholm stamp as part of the Black History Month celebration at
the Riviera Beach Library.
During the ceremony, West Palm Beach
Postmaster Richard Fermo spoke of Chisholm’s accomplishments before a
standing-room-only crowd and presented an enlargement of the stamp to library
officials.
“Shirley Chisholm was a courageous
and pioneering woman whose legacy lives on with the issuance of this special
stamp. We are proud to honor this great American who shattered barriers
of race and gender. Shirley Chisholm fought for the rights of women and the
poor as a true champion for justice and equality for all,” he said.
Fermo
was joined by Mayor Thomas A. Masters, City of Riviera Beach; Dr. James H.
Chester, Pastor, Orthodox Zion Primitive Baptist Church; Edith Roundtree,
Postmaster, Loxahatchee; and Pablo Estupinian, Manager, Customer Service,
Riviera Beach Post Office. In addition to the City of Riviera Beach
Library Staff, in attendance were several members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. West Palm Beach and Broward County Chapters; and children from Jay’s Ministries.
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