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Prior to 1939, the record number of Black votes cast in a Miami city primary was 150. The day after the Klan parade, more than 1,400 Black voters cast their ballots. | Opinion

The Lyric Theater plans to continue to be a bastion for Black history in Miami.

The Lyric Theater plans to continue to be a bastion for Black history in Miami.

Motivated by stories told to me in the 1970s and 1980s by pioneer residents of Miami’s Colored Town, now known as Overtown, I saved the historic Lyric Theater from destruction as an example of resilience in Black Miami during the 20th century.

Northwest 16th Street between Second and Third avenues will be known from here on out as Dr. Ira P. Davis Street.

More than a century later, the Lyric Theater remains an emblem of Overtown's past and present.

Some Black churches in Florida are teaching Black history, pushing back against what they call Gov. Ron DeSantis' effort to "water down'' lessons.

Some Black churches in Florida are teaching Black history, pushing back against what they call Gov. Ron DeSantis effort to "water down lessons.

As the Florida leaders try to water down racial history, it’s important to remember what happened during these transformative years.

A new PBS documentary “Crossing Overtown" dives into an extensive, wide-ranging history of the neighborhood that was formerly called Colored Town, the civil rights movement and racial injustice in Miami.