Last Saturday marked the first National Black Travel Day, and the Black Travel Summit commemorated the inaugural celebration in Overtown, the very heart of Black Miami.
“Did you ever know that you’re my hero?” were the lyrics that echoed inside a Miami Gardens church Monday evening during a viewing for the city’s founding mayor, Shirley Gibson.
Nearly one week after the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) was expected to release its highly anticipated study of disparities facing the local Black community, the report has not surfaced.
The Miami Times, however, was sent a copy of the study’s 43-page executive summary late Tuesday afternoon – a document that fails to include any supporting data of how many people were surveyed, the names of stakeholders and industry leaders interviewed, or where those interviews took place. It also contains numerous typos and unfinished sentences, leaving the reader in a state of confusion.
For nearly five decades, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center’s rich arts training programming has made a career in music, dance, theater and visual arts more attainable for Miami’s children.
A disparity study is usually conducted to determine the prevalence and scope of discrimination in the marketplace against minority-owned businesses with the goal of creating race-based remedial programs that will