(16 posts)

From Pride to The Palace: Miami’s LGBT community through the years

From the first gay pride week, to antidiscrimination laws, to the South Beach renaissance, explore Miami’s LGBT history.

History / August 6, 2015

South Beach, then and now

That South Beach life, then and now

As Miami Beach celebrates 100 years, we are looking back at the iconic Lincoln Road.

History / July 22, 2015

Courtesy of Jeff Dekal

Making comics in Miami

Get to know some of the creative minds making comics in South Florida.

Art / June 24, 2015

How Miami neighborhoods got their names

Take a trip down Millionaire’s Row, learn about a pineapple farm in the Design District, and how Lemon CIty became Little Haiti. Revisit Miami history to discover how some of our most popular neighborhoods got their names.

Brickell / April 7, 2015

Miami Black History: 1980s to 1990s

Author Mandy Baca gives us a quick look at key events in Miami Black History in the 1980s and 1990s, when riots over police violence toward blacks shook Miami, a new wave of Haitian immigrants carved out their place in the city, and Miami Bass took center stage.

History / February 17, 2015

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, https://floridamemory.com/items/show/33663

Miami Black History: 1940s to 1960s

Midcentury Miami was a tumultuous time, a period when Miami’s black culture was both important and ascendant, while the black community went to war, experienced racism and fought for civil rights. Local author Mandy Baca shares some important people, places and events in Miami black history from the 1940s through the 1960s.

evergreen 2 / February 11, 2015