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the Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum participates in Attraction & Museum Months
April 1, 2024 MIAMI - the Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum is delighted to be taking part in the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor Bureau's yearly initiative, Miami Attraction & Museum Months. During the months of April and May, museum-goers can...
Women in Law Honored in Overtown
March 20, 2024 MIAMI (CBS4) - Several ranking female law enforcement and judicial leaders were honored Wednesday at the Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum in Overtown. Read more About the Black Police Precinct and Courthouse MuseumThe only museum of its kind...
Former Heat players Mourning, Rice host field trip to Historic Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum
February 21, 2024 MIAMI (WSVN) - Two Miami Heat legends came together to help teach South Florida students about a precious piece of Miami’s Black history. Alonzo Mourning and Glen Rice met with students and mentors on Wednesday for a memorable field trip to the...
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...
Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum Celebrate Grand Opening
Members of the City of Miami Retired Police Officers, Mayor Manny Diaz, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, City Commissioners and City Administrators cut the ribbon at the opening of the newly renovated Black Police Precinct and Courthouse. Photo: Jorge R....