Posted in Diaspora News The Black Miami community erased overnight afrakan February 10, 2025 8 Comments In the summer of 1947, a thriving Black community in Miami vanished in the blink of an eye. Related Articles “Behind the Strings” brings Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s legacy to life in Downtown Dallas Spark Newton Brings People Together With Free Culture Events https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Db-hrcWD4BQA Shining a spotlight on The State Black Archives
Wow I grew up on that same street , attended both Allapattah Elem and Jr High…. 67 yrs old and never knew that the Railroad Shop was in that area. So is there any truth that the school was built on top of a predominately black cemetery? Reply
No different situation today with the developers buying up properties in the black communities. Reply
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Wow I grew up on that same street , attended both Allapattah Elem and Jr High…. 67 yrs old and never knew that the Railroad Shop was in that area.
So is there any truth that the school was built on top of a predominately black cemetery?
No different situation today with the developers buying up properties in the black communities.
Wow, I never knew this
Another story of colonizers doing colonizers do
My family also lived there. (Brown)
Shame Shame Shame!. Thank you for the report!