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Earl Sampson is a black man from Miami Gardens, Florida, who, beginning in 2008, was repeatedly arrested by police for trespassing while he was at his own place of employment. His federal civil rights lawsuit against the city was settled under undisclosed terms in 2015.
MIAMI - In the summer of 1947, a thriving Black community in Miami vanished in the blink of an eye. Families were evicted with little notice, given just two hours to leave behind their homes ...
Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.It is a suburb of Miami and located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from I-95 and Northeast 2nd Avenue to its east to Northwest 47th and Northwest 57th Avenues to its west, and from the Broward County line to its north to 151st Street to its south. [4]
As of 2000, before being annexed to Miami Gardens, English as a first language accounted for 95.97% of all residents, while Spanish was at 3.07%, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 0.94% of the population. [7]
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver G. Gilbert, III, left, and Miami Gardens Mayor Rodney Harris, right, attend the announcement ceremony of the new Boys & Girls ...
In Miami Gardens, a former hospital building sat vacant for 20 years. Now, it’s set to become a hotel, convention center and wedding venue.
A couple years later, after working first as a prosecutor and then in private practice, he vied for the mayoralty of the newly incorporated City of Miami Gardens in 2003 where he lost. He was appointed to the Miami Gardens council in 2008 and 4 years later was elected mayor, [ 2 ] the second African-American to hold the position.
Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson, candidate for County Commissioner District 1, speaks about how to reduce violent crime during the candidate forum hosted by the Miami Times at St. Agnes ...