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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...
A Conversation With Miami’s First Black Police Chief
Clarence Dickson was the first black graduate of the City of Miami's police academy and he rose to become Miami’s first black police chief in 1985. See the full story...
Museum honors first black police officers
MIAMI (WSVN) -- As part of Black History Month, the City of Miami Black Police Precinct honored some officers who made history. On Thursday, the museum recognized the first five African-American police officers who patrolled the streets of Miami back in 1944. The...
Miami’s first Black cops remember “joy and pain”
Pinder leads colleagues in exposing youth to a proud legacy Miami’s getaway resorts and pristine beaches may be one of the top choices for tourists today, but in years past, segregation kept both Black visitors and Black Miamians locked out. In fact, racial...
At the Opening Ceremonies
Martha Glynn and Archie McKay
At the Opening Ceremonies
Frank Christmas, Clarence Dickson, and Otis Davis
At the Opening Ceremonies
Lt. Norberto Blanco, Chief Clarence Dickson and Lt. Carlos Suarez
At the Opening Ceremonies
Willie Calhoun, Erza Washington and Eddie Mitchell