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A Photographic History of Black Miami
Presented by
Camillus House and The Green Family Foundation
About the Exhibit
“A Photographic History of Black Miami” is a permanent exhibit featuring hundreds of photographs and images over a period of 300 years, which reflect the history of blacks in Miami.
This impressive collection includes images dating from the infamous pirate Black Caesar’s arrival on Biscayne Bay in the late 1600s. It also features rare prints such as the alliance between blacks and Seminole Indians as well as photographs from the civil rights era in Miami.
The visual account that unfolds throughout the exhibit - from the early settlers who made Miami their home to the civil rights pioneers whose struggle paved the way for change - illustrates the rich past of the black experience in our community.
Dr. Marvin Dunn
Dr. Marvin Dunn, a historian, author and professor at Florida International University has brought together this important exhibit. Dr. Dunn has collected thousands of images, documents and photographs depicting the entire span of black existence in Florida since the arrival of the conquistadors in 1513. Many of the images in this exhibit appeared in Dr. Dunn’s book, “Black Miami in the Twentieth Century” which traces the triumphs, drudgery, horrors and courage of African Americans during the first hundred years of Miami’s history.
A Unique Home for a Distinct Exhibit
Located in the Brownsville community, the exhibit’s permanent home is the former Christian Hospital, Miami’s first hospital serving the African-American community. Renovated and reopened in 2005, the facility, which is now named the Brownsville Christian Housing Center, is Camillus House’s newest permanent housing program. This historic property known for healing is today the home of 74 men and women who were once homeless in Miami.
This is exhibit has been made possible by a generous grant from the Green Family Foundation. The foundation supports grass roots community empowerment programs as well as youth, education, and HIV/AIDS prevention programs through collaborative funding and innovative community partnerships.
The Green Family Foundation’s vision is to be a catalyst that will enhance the impact of the many dedicated individuals and organizations in the community by giving them the means to make their hopes and dreams of social change a reality.
For more information on the Green Family Foundation visit them online at www.greenff.org
Acknowledgements
Camillus House thanks Isabelle Sharpe Blue, Dana Dorsey, the Florida State Archives, Thelma Gibson, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and the Miami Memorabilia Collection of Myrna and Seth Bramson for their assistance and support in granting permission to display many of the images and photographs in this exhibit.
We also wish to thank Dr. Marvin Dunn, Douglass Dunn, Kimberly Green, President of the Green Family Foundation, and Nancy Murphy for their support and assistance in making this exhibit a reality.
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