BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//City of Miami (Historic Negro) Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:City of Miami (Historic Negro) Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for City of Miami (Historic Negro) Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260205 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20240815T184354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T184527Z UID:10000068-1770163200-1770249599@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Rosa Park's Birthday DESCRIPTION:Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4\, 1913 – October 24\, 2005)\n \n \n \n \n \n Rosa Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On December 1\, 1955\, in Montgomery\, Alabama\, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake’s order to relinquish her seat in the “colored section” to a white passenger\, after the whites-only section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation\, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws. Parks’ prominence in the community and her willingness to become a controversial figure inspired the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year\, the first major direct action campaign of the post-war civil rights movement. This year-long boycott resulted in the desegregation of buses in Montgomery\, Alabama on December 20\, 1956. Rosa Parks remained a civil rights activist until her passing. When she passed away in 2005\, she became the first female American who was not an elected official to lie in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. \nImage: Rosa Parks in a beauty salon in Miami\, 1986. Courtesy of the Library of Congress URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/rosa-parks-birthday-3/2026-02-04/ LOCATION:FL CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/bpm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rosaparks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20240820T000438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T165324Z UID:10000126-1768867200-1768953599@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day DESCRIPTION:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day\n \n \n \n \n \n Did you know…Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. made frequent trips to Miami throughout his life\, and even delivered an early version of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Hampton House in 1960? \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nOn November 2\, 1983\, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law\, designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. The legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first introduced just four days after his assassination on April 4\, 1968. Still\, it would take 15 years of persistence by civil rights activists for the holiday to be approved by the federal government and an additional 17 years for it to be recognized in all 50 states. Today\, it is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer and improve their communities. \n\n\nIn 1977\, Miami became the first city in the United States to organize a Martin Luther King\, Jr. Day Parade. The parade\, which has been taking place for over 40 years occurs along Martin Luther King\, Jr. Blvd in Liberty City. \n\n\n\nImage: Float representing the city of Opa-Locka parades down Martin Luther King Boulevard on Martin Luther King Jr. Day\, January 19\, 1987. Joe Raedle\, photographer. Courtesy of HistoryMiami Museum. URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-2/2026-01-20/ LOCATION:FL CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/bpm/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MLK-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250912 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20240820T003053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T003127Z UID:10000109-1757548800-1757635199@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Patriot Day DESCRIPTION:Patriot Day\n \n \n \n \n \n \nOn September 11\, 2001\, our nation experienced a heartbreaking tragedy. On this day\, four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda\, an Islamist extremist group.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nNineteen terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes\, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington\, Virginia. The Twin Towers ultimately collapsed because of the damage sustained from the impacts and the resulting fires. After learning about the other attacks\, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane\, Flight 93\, fought back\, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington\, D.C. \nThe attacks killed 2\,977 people from 93 nations: 2\,753 people were killed in New York; 184 people were killed at the Pentagon; and 40 people were killed on Flight 93. The attacks of September 11 will never be forgotten. The victims\, as well as the heroes who responded when called upon\, remain in our hearts and minds forever. \n\n\n\nThe image shown here is of members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Florida Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team\, who were present at Ground Zero. In 2011\, they were presented with a piece of a steel beam from the World Trade Center collapse. This\, along with images of MDFR employees working at the World Trade Center after the attacks are on display in the front lobby of MDFR Headquarters at 9300 NW 41 Street. \nImage courtesy of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue  URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/patriot-day/2025-09-11/ LOCATION:City of Miami (Historic Negro) Black Police Museum\, 480 NW 11th Stree\, Miami\, FL\, 33136\, United States CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250823 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250824 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20240820T010104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T010203Z UID:10000117-1755907200-1755993599@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Anniversary | National Negro Business League DESCRIPTION:Booker T. Washington creates the National Negro Business League\n \n \n \n \n \n \nThe Negro Business League was founded by Booker T. Washington on August 23\, 1900 to promote the interests of Black businesses all over the country.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe League\, created initially in Boston\, Massachusetts\, included small business owners\, doctors\, farmers\, craftsmen\, and other professionals. \nBooker T. Washington felt that there was a need for African Americans to build an economic network and allow that to be a catalyst for change and social improvement. The League also helped these businesses with merchandising and advertising problems\, promoting them in Black newspapers and magazines. \n\n\n\nImage: Letter from the Negro Business League to the City of Miami Chief of Police and the Director of Public Safety. In this letter\, they petition for Civil Service status for the Black policemen of Miami. Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum archives. URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/anniversary-national-negro-business-league/2025-08-23/ LOCATION:City of Miami (Historic Negro) Black Police Museum\, 480 NW 11th Stree\, Miami\, FL\, 33136\, United States CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240220 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20190215T163256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T191448Z UID:10000017-1708300800-1708387199@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:President’s Day DESCRIPTION:Williamstown Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart \nWashington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington\, the first President of the United States\, who was born on February 22\, 1732. Since the Uniform Federal Holidays Act of 1971\, its observance can occur between February 15 and February 21 inclusive. \nColloquially\, the day is also now widely known as Presidents’ Day and is often an occasion to honor the incumbent president and all persons who have served as president\, not just George Washington. URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/presidents-day/2024-02-19/ LOCATION:FL CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/bpm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230205 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20190215T162755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T191539Z UID:10000028-1675468800-1675555199@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Rosa Park's Birthday DESCRIPTION:Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery\, Alabama\, 1955\, by the bus boycott she began. National Archives record ID: 306-PSD-65-1882 (Box 93). Source: Ebony Magazine \nRosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4\, 1913 – October 24\, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”. \nOn December 1\, 1955\, in Montgomery\, Alabama\, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake’s order to relinquish her seat in the “colored section” to a white passenger\, after the whites-only section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation\, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws. Parks’ prominence in the community and her willingness to become a controversial figure inspired the black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year\, the first major direct action campaign of the post-war civil rights movement. Her case became bogged down in the state courts\, but the federal Montgomery bus lawsuit Browder v. Gayle succeeded in November 1956. URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/rosa-parks-birthday/2023-02-04/ LOCATION:FL CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/bpm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rosaparks.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220531 DTSTAMP:20260515T033953 CREATED:20190215T170510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T191945Z UID:10000005-1653868800-1653955199@historicalblackprecinct.org SUMMARY:Memorial Day DESCRIPTION:Gettysburg National Cemetery \nMemorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The holiday is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May. \nMany people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day\, particularly to honor those who died in military service. Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries. \nTwo other days celebrate those who serve or have served in the U.S. military: Veterans Day\, which celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans; and Armed Forces Day\, a minor U.S. remembrance celebrated earlier in May\, specifically honoring those currently serving in the U.S. military. URL:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/event/memorial-day/2022-05-30/ LOCATION:FL CATEGORIES:Holidays and Anniversaries ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historicalblackprecinct.org/bpm/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Gettysburg_national_cemetery_img_4164.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR