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Westview Community Cemetery
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Entrance gate viewed from inside cemetery (image is flipped horizontally for clarity)
Details
Established 1952
Location
Dr B J McCormick Ave, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Country USA
Style Above ground vaults

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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  • Esther Rolle's gravesite at Westview Community Cemetery in Pompano Beach FL

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cementerio Comunitario de Westview para niños

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