Designing Interama: The Generational Saga

Thursday, January 22/6:30 pm

For information, call 305.375.1492

Discover the contributions of local and nationally renowned architects such as Paul Rudolph, Louis Kahn, Robert Bradford Browne, and delineator Hugh Ferriss in the twenty year effort to build Interama through a panel discussion.

Panelists
C. Frasuer Knight, Architect;
Jean-Francois Lejeune, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami
Allan Shulman, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami, and others.

Little Known Black Communities

Thursday, March 19/6:30 pm

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Listen to community members discuss the history of early and “lesser-known” black communities of Miami such as MacFarlane Homestead, Railroad Shop and Ojus. Learn about the emergence of these areas, their pioneer families and relationship to better known black communities such as Overtown and Coconut Grove.

Panelists
Georgia Ayers, Community Historian, Railroad Shop Colored Addition
Leona Cooper Baker, Community Historian, MacFarlane Homestead
Elaine Black, President/CEO, Liberty City Community Revitalization Trust

New Scholarship on Black Miami

Thursday, April 16/6:30 pm

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Engage in a discussion with prominent scholars as they share their new research on black history in Miami. Panelists will explore how the unified efforts of black and white interest groups contributed to the success of key desegregation battles in Miami and how the presence of Caribbean workers in Jim Crow-era Miami impacted the labor experience for blacks.

The Year of the Bull

Thursday, June 18/6:30 pm

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Watch the documentary film The Year of the Bull, which covers an entire football season with the Miami Northwestern Bulls and Taurean Charles, their All-American captain. Witness the elements that make the world of high school football unique to black communities such as Liberty City.

African Diaspora

Thursday, July 16/6:30 pm

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Come and taste dishes from different parts of the African Diaspora including the Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Africa, and the American South. Listen as cooks, chefs and food critics discuss their culinary heritage and how living in Miami has influenced their cooking.