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Westview Cemetery Pompano Beach (8)
Westview Cemetery Pompano Beach (8)

Westview Community Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in Pompano Beach, Florida. It was created in 1952 during segregation when African-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 African-Americans in Pompano Beach. It is the final resting place of Esther Rolle, actress famous for the 1970s sitcom Good Times and her sister Estelle Evans, from the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Westview Community Cemetery
West Copans Road, Pompano Beach

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33064 Pompano Beach
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