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Westview Community Cemetery

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The board managing the cemetery sold four unused acres contiguous with the cemetery for $ 1.4 million to a commercial real estate developer in 2023. Walter Hunter, the board's president, said that the money from the sale will be used to improve the cemetery's condition.
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It was created in 1952 during segregation when black Americans could not be buried together with whites in Florida. the land for the cemetery was donated by Paul Hunter, Sr., a local businessman, to accommodate the interment of black Americans in Pompano Beach.
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Entrance gate viewed from inside cemetery (image is flipped horizontally for clarity)
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Dr B J McCormick Ave & NW 22 Ct, Pompano Beach, FL
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Coordinates
26°15′35″N 80°08′52″W / 26.2598°N 80.1479°W / 26.2598; -80.1479
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Westview Community Cemetery
cemetery
Pompano Beach
Florida
Esther Rolle
Good Times
Estelle Evans
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rosanna Carter








"Families say graves are being covered up at neglected Pompano Beach cemetery"
"Real estate transaction involving historic cemetery in Broward is full of 'injustice,' residents say"
Categories
Buildings and structures in Pompano Beach, Florida
1952 establishments in Florida
Cemeteries in Broward County, Florida
African-American history of Florida
Cemeteries established in the 1950s
African-American cemeteries in Florida

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