The Black Precinct Courthouse and Museum
480 NW 11th St. • Miami, FL 33101 • 305-329-2513
Museum Hours : 10AM – 4PM Tuesday – Saturday
Overtown honors community leader Dr. Ira P. Davis with street renaming
November 17, 2023 The Overtown community gathered on November 17, 2023 to honor the life and civic career of community leader Dr. Ira P. Davis. Watch the ceremony in its entirety here. About the Black Police Precinct and Courthouse MuseumThe only museum of its kind...
The Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum Announces Access Program for Low-Income Families, Museums for All
August 22, 2023 MIAMI, FL—Today, the Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum in Miami, Florida announced that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of...
South Florida Filmmaker Highlights History of Overtown in New Documentary
Delrish Moss, before he would become a police officer himself, lived the all-too-often experience of a Black man being mistreated by law enforcement. The Miami native was once called the harshest of racial slurs by a Miami Police officer. Another one searched his...
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