Liberty City

The project addresses an urgent crisis: historic Black spaces are vanishing far faster than public institutions recognize them.

The longtime grocery store provided more than food, serving as a pharmacy, banking hub, employer and gathering place in the predominantly Black neighborhood.

Ten students at Miami Central traveled abroad this summer for an exchange program in Zimbabwe.

As investors target Miami’s higher ground, community advocates urge Black homeowners to hold onto property and generational wealth

A pilot program adding trolley service in Liberty City on Saturdays — previously absent despite trends of high ridership in the neighborhood — was made permanent.

New development will include museum, healthcare services and STEM programs

Liberty City was never just a neighborhood. It was a declaration. Platted in 1922 during the Florida Land Boom, the 80-acre community emerged when Black workers were building the city but had nowhere to live. Stretching between Northwest 62nd and 71st streets, it centered around Northwest 18th Avenue — then called Broadway.

As the nation gears up to recognize 250 years of American history, the Joseph Caleb Auditorium announced it is bringing the "sound and soul" of the country this month to the heart of Liberty City.

The City of Miami Trolley is a vital service, transporting seniors with carts, children in school uniforms, and workers transferring to Metrorail or Metrobus. But Liberty City and Overtown, both historically Black neighborhoods, lack Saturday service.

In Miami-Dade County, more than 522,890 individuals are set to lose this benefit, with nearly one in every four households affected — twice the national average.

With 93 global submissions, a record number for the festival that began in 2016, according to organizers, nine were chosen for Reel Minds and several have a Miami/South Florida connection.

A new study found that two Miami-Dade County zip codes with historically high violent crime have had homicide rates drop significantly since 2020.