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Thousands of years before Europeans arrived, a large portion of south east Florida, including the area where Miami, Florida exists today, was inhabited by Tequestas.The Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos) Native American tribe, at the time of first European contact, occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Vanderbilt's improvements led to what is today one of the wealthiest and most exclusive residential enclaves in the area. Dorsey was a trustee at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Overtown. The first black-owned hotel in Miami was his Dorsey Hotel, and he was the owner of the Negro Savings Bank.
The third episode of Miami Oculto (Hidden Miami) podcast invites you on a journey through the history and oddities of Miami City Cemetery. Founded in 1897, it’s the oldest cemetery in Miami and ...
He wrote columns for The Miami News and Miami Herald
Larry Thompson was a humor columnist for the Miami Herald for more than two decades until his death February 18, 1973. [6] [7] He is in the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame. [8] His wife Gladys "Penny" Thompson (née Rhodes), who died September 22, 1975, was a pioneer in women’s aviation during the 1940s-1950s.
As Miami branch president, she spearheaded a book drive for Florida Memorial College, now Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, adding 13,000 books to its library.
The 1980 Miami riots were race riots that occurred in Miami, Florida, starting in earnest on May 18, 1980, [1] following an all-White male jury acquitting four Dade County Public Safety Department officers in the death of Arthur McDuffie (December 3, 1946 – December 21, 1979), a Black insurance salesman and United States Marine Corps lance corporal.