Westview Community Cemetery is a historic African-American

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. 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

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, actress famous for the 1970s sitcom ''

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'' and her sister

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, from the 1962 movie ''

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References

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