Black history

Interstate is a powerful new documentary by Miami-based filmmakers Oscar Corral and Haleem Muhsin. Miami's Overtown is among several communities featured in the film.

Generations apart, archivists Dr. Dorothy Fields and Nadege Green each uncover the untold stories of Miami’s Black community.

A new exhibition “This Woman’s Work: The Power of a Woman’s Touch” honors Black women in the judiciary and law enforcement in South Florida at The Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum in Overtown.

Khalilah Ali, the former wife of Muhammad Ali, has been a vocal advocate for the Black community in South Florida.

Twenty-five high school students and their mentors gathered on a recent morning to immerse themselves in the rich history of Miami’s Overtown at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater — a place that has long-lived as a symbol of Black economic influence in the area.

Animator Jason Fleurant's Exhibit Treal Studios earned the award for an episode of its children's educational series Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz that paid homage to Jackie Robinson’s sports and military legacy.

In the eyes of some advocates, Black history instruction in public schools is inadequate and under fire by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has championed efforts to restrict how race, history and discrimination can be talked about in the state's public schools.

New investment is flowing toward a new Black history museum in the historic Coleman Park neighborhood in West Palm Beach — part of an effort to revitalize the community.

A $20 million program will give financial restitution to students who endured abuse and neglect at the hands of the state.

The Florida Museum of Black History Task Force voted 5-4 to ratify its rankings and select an undeveloped site near St. Augustine belonging to Florida Memorial University.

In recent years, conservative lawmakers have sought to limit how public schools teach race and history. To combat those efforts, community groups are stepping in to fill the void.

In segregation days, the Ace Theater in Coconut Grove was the black community’s showplace for movies and entertainment events. The historic venue served that role from the 1930s into the 1950s and until its closure.