Research Foundation of South Florida

Blackman: Overtown comic-book hero saves Miami

"Blackman" to the Rescue: Comic Book Artist Re-imagines Overtown's History

Click to enlarge.​It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.

Overtown's historic Lyric Theater hangs in limbo

Click to enlarge.​It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.

Velvet Goldmine

Overtown promises crimson delights

Jazz Returns to Overtown

Legends of Jazz

Lyric Revival

The Lyric Theater Grand Reopening Weekend

A Historic Dip

Witnesses to the segregated history of Virginia Beach tell a sorry but inspiring tale

Night & Day

April 1-7, 1999

Saviors of Virginia Key

April 1-7, 1999

Night & Day

February 4 - 10, 1999

Black Beauty

In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

The Wall

How can you tell where white Coconut Grove ends and black Coconut Grove begins? Just look for the barbed wire.

The Hell with History

Dade's Architectural history tumbles toward extinction

Radical Chicano

Two weeks in this town convinced L.A. comedy group Culture Clash that Miami needs a "mango colonic." They're right.