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The Miami Beach concert hall's 2024-25 season will include music composed by two artists who perished during the Holocaust, as it marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the deadliest military conflict in history.
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A new study is looking into the people and places that make up Miami-Dade County's migrant farmworker communities — and their historical significance to the region.
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There are more than 180,000 historical markers in the U.S., including some in Florida remembering the victims of racial violence.
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The city of Opa-Locka celebrates its first MENA Fest with the opening of the Opa-Locka Heritage Trail, an interpretive historic trail installation.
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County leaders are preparing to undertake a major project at the Monroe County Courthouse in Key West. They’re hoping to fortify the iconic 1890s-era building, with help from architects specializing in historic preservation, to withstand 200 miles per hour winds.
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Frank Wooden comes to work everyday to restore a historical, Black cemetery in Miami's Brownsville neighborhood. “When I’m coming here, I’m coming home again,” he says. This story comes from NPR's Next Generation Radio's Florida newsroom.
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The earliest version of Disney's most famous character, and arguably the most iconic character in American pop culture, will become public domain on Jan. 1, 2024 — after copyright on his first screen appearance expires.
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A new historic marker in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood details the 1925 lynching of Black resident Arthur Henry. The details of his murder came to light only a few years ago. It's part of an effort to shed light on the region's racially charged past.
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Historian Rodney Kite-Powell talks about the true origins of Thanksgiving. Hint: he says it started with the Spaniards and predates the pilgrims.
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The famous jazz venue was set to re-open last winter after years of planning delays and a nearly $20 million tax-funded renovation.
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Veterans Day is a big deal at Frank C. Martin International K-8 Center in Richmond Heights in southwest Miami-Dade. The neighborhood was founded as a home for Black veterans returning from World War II. Every year, students at the school celebrate local service members.
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Ghost rumors at the glamorous venue began after a gangster was shot and killed at the hotel. During WWII it became a military hospital and after 1968, kids began to sneak into the shuttered building. After it was reopened as the Biltmore Hotel in 1987, ghost stories became a staple.