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Established in 2018 by Haitian immigrant Jean Dondy Cidelca, Tap Tap Tours offers an immersive experience that connects visitors to Miami's deep cultural roots and highlights often-overlooked neighborhoods.

Also known as “Black Grove,” the population of “Little Bahamas” was once roughly 90% African American, but by 2020, according to data from the University of Miami’s Center for Ethics and Public Service, that number had dropped by nearly half.

Before Ernie Fidanza could launch his Jupiter restaurant, he had to tame the ghosts.

A new historical marker in Miami Beach pays tribute to his younger years, before Hollywood, when as a Cuban émigré he performed at a nightclub.

As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, we turn our attention to one Floridian who’s leading the effort to preserve Latin American communities through archaeology.

Ellen Brown Anderson's novella The Storm is set in Key West after a major hurricane and tells a story of domestic life in those frontier days of Florida.

Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past — with his metal detector. The 64-year-old history teacher is devoted to finding remnants of the Seminole Wars, and has also found kindred spirits along the way.

Emmanuel George is an archivist and community historian who created the Black Broward Instagram page to share pieces of Broward’s Black history. It’s a peek into all the different kinds of work he’s doing to highlight Broward’s Black history.

Under the new law, middle and high school students must learn about 9/11 for at least 45 minutes in their social studies class.

The Florida Keys celebrated its bicentennial Monday along the Gulf of Mexico with a Key lime pie more than 13 feet in diameter — which organizers intend to certify as a world record.

Jason Katz from Islandia Journal, a quarterly "neo-tropical periodical," joins WLRN Sundial to talk about some of South Florida’s haunted places and people.

For nearly 160 years, Black Floridians have been marking May 20th as Emancipation Day — the day when a Union general officially declared the Florida's enslaved people were free. Communities across the state are hosting events to celebrate the day.