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The collection consists of photographs of the Sunlight School of Beauty Culture donated by David A. Julius in 1980. Photographs are black and white. The collection also includes Julius's certificate of registration with the Florida State Board of Cosmetology, newspaper articles collected by staff of The Black Archives, a Sunlight School of Beauty Culture pamphlet and a graduation program.
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This collection consists of the papers of Bernard "Bishop" Parks, citizen of Overtown, from 1972 to 1990, donated to The Black Archives in 1990. It documents his interest in Jazz, Classical and Gospel music, Miami politics and Overtown, and his involvement with the Dedicatory Advisory Council of Black Federal Employees. Noteworthy people in the collection include Judge Adderly and Dr. Dorthy Jenkins Fields. Of note, the collection contains a hand drawn map of 2nd avenue in Overtown, circa 1910s, including business names.
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This collection consists of 14 black and white photographs (5 x 3.5" on Kodac Velox paper with deckle edge). Photographs taken at Virginia Key Beach, and one copy of a photograph of Dan Francis with Joe Louis on Virginia Key Beach. Daniel Johnson was the manager of Virginia Key Beach in Key Biscayne.
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This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Gilbert Lawrence Porter, educator, donated by Dr. Porter and his daughter in the 1980s, and supplemented with information collected by The Black Archives. It documents his life as a father, principal, and education administrator between 1933 and 1991. The papers include photographs, correspondence, event ephemera, printed materials, and biographical information. Photographs are photocopies. Photographs include pictures of D.A. Dorsey and The Chapman House.
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This small collection consists of printed material collected by staff of The Black Archives on the topic of "Wars". It includes information on World War II (WWII, WW2), the Iraq War, and Black Seminoles in the Florida wars. Of note is a 1967 Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) Advanced Camp graduation booklet and a xeroxed copy of a 1918 registration card donated by Sam Johnson, and a photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, Irene Roberts Straughter and Annie M. Coleman at the WWII USO in Overtown, circa 1940s.
The colleciton contains copies of articles from The Journal of Negro History (now called African American History); titles include: "Judge Hastie, World War II, and Army Racism, Phillip McGuire" (1977); "The African Crusade for Black Industrial Schooling, Donald Spivey" (1978); and "Forgotten Victims: Blacks in the Holocaust, Robert W. Kesting" (1992).
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Collection consists of newsletters and directories created and donated by Dr. Alwyn Nicholas, writer, in 2010. The newsletters and directories discuss Overtown (formerly known as Colored Town, Miami's black business and entertainment district) and black South Florida.
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Portrait picture of Clara Gibbs McCloud and Lonnie McCloud (mother and son?), created circa 1900, donated by Joseph Smith in 2010. Artist unknown.
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This collection consists of newspaper clippings about Oscar Thomas, Miami artist, and flyers and programs from his exhibits, collected by staff of The Black Archives. Flyers and programs advertise Thomas's art exhibits and provide biographical information, and newspaper clippings describe Thomas's impact on the community of Liberty City.
Oscar Thomas (April 3, 1956 - May 21, 1997) was born in Costa Rica. He moved to Miami in 1980.
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This collection contains information on the first black beach park in South Florida during segregation, and the fight to get the park restored, preserved and designated as a historic landmark.
The collection consists of brochures, correspondence, flyers newspaper clippings, newsletters, and maps. This collection consists primarily of materials relating to the reopening and historic designation of the park.
Virginia Key Beach and Park opened August 1, 1945 as the first and only beach park for blacks during segregation, known as "The Colored Beach." Baptisms took place along the shore and there was a mini train that ran through out the park. There was also a dance pavilion, snack bar, a carousel, cabanas and apartments that were rented out by the day.
People stopped visiting the park when integration was introduced and blacks could go to other beaches that were once for whites only, and it eventually closed.
The park reopened in April 2000 and remains open, free to the public.
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This small collection contains materials on the Egelloc Civic & Social Club, Inc., from 1940-1998, assembled by The Black Archives from donations by Egelloc Club committee member Wilhelmenia Jennings and others. The Egelloc Civic & Social Club, Inc. was formed in Miami in 1941 by "a group of close friends who shared a keen interest in serving and improving their community."The collection consists of programs, committee reports, agendas, newspaper clippings, booklets and brochures.
The bulk of the collection consists of materials that relate to the "Men of Tomorrow" organization. "Men of Tomorrow" is an organization within the Club, for young men who "have potential for outstanding achievement with the need for an opportunity to exhibit their talents and creativity." Men of Tomorrow members are chosen from Miami high schools based on academic achievement, talent, and character.
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The collection consists mostly of newspaper articles from 1990 to 1992 discussing the Nelson Mandela Freedom Tour. The Freedom Tour was a 12 day 8 city tour across the United States advocating continued sanctions against South Africa and raising money to strengthen the African National Congress. The collection references noteworthy people such as Winnie Mandela, Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Martin Luther King III, Coretta Scott King, and former President George Bush Sr..
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The collection consists of the papers of Sylvan Allan-Dale Plowright, writer, boxer and teacher, from 1985 to 2010, donated by Mr. Plowright in 2010 and 2011. The collection contains Plowrights' writings and documents the administration of his boxing academy, "Tomorrows' Champion Boxing Academy." The papers include photographs, newsletters, flyers, writings, and biographical information.
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This collection consists of the papers of Stanley Sweeting, newspaper editor and columnist and police constable, donated to The Black Archives by Stanley Sweeting in the 1980s. The collection contains Sweeting's columns and documents the black experience in Miami and New York in the 1930s through the 1980s. The bulk of the collection consists of two newspapers: Miami Times column Line O' Type and Nite Life. The collection also contains: photographs, correspondence, greeting cards, invitations. Of note, the collection contains hair samples believed to have been sent to him in order to match mail ordered hair pieces. Also of note is a photograph of Stanley Sweeting and his wife with Clyde and Ova Killens. The collection does not contain information on Sweeting's personal or family life.
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This collection documents the career of Josephine Mackey, educator, from 1940 to 1975, donated by Josephine Mackey in 1980. Mackey was the first principal at Nathan Young Elementary School in Opa-Locka, where she worked 12 years. The collection consists of certificates, photos, programs, memorandums, letters, and newspaper articles.
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This collection consists of materials documenting health and medicine in black South Florida, assembled by staff of The Black Archives between 1999 and 2007. The collection was started in 1998 with a donation from Dr. Marie Oleatha Pitts Mosley. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, newspaper articles, publications and magazine articles. Subjects in the collection include: 1950s medicine and health, AIDS, cancer, diabetes, segregated healthcare, and family and community healthcare.
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The collection consists of oral histories and papers prepared by The Black Archives and Florida International University (FIU) for the Metropolitan Planning Organization, a department of Miami Dade Transit, between 1996 and 1998. The records were created in response to a request from the Miami Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization for a study on the "Historical Impact of Transportation Projects on the Overtown Community." The study was requested after a Dade Commissioner blocked a Florida Department of Transportation plan to build an elevated Metrorail line through Overtown in 1996. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which the Overtown area has been historically affected by major transportation projects and to suggest possible mitigation measures that would help preserve its integrity as a viable neighborhood and community in the future. The final report, "The Historical Impacts of Transportation Projects on the Overtown Community," was prepared by the Institute of Government, Florida International University, March, 1998.
The Black Archives received a grant from Florida International University to conduct the oral history component of the project. The oral histories were referred to by The Black Archives as the "FIU Tell the Story" project.
The records in this collection include administrative files and oral history interviews and transcripts. The oral histories discuss family and education, employment, neighborhood life, and the expressways (I-95, I-395, State Road 836, Metrorail). Transcripts are also available at the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program has made 41 of 55 oral history transcripts available online: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/oral/results/?t=overtown. For more information on the Black Archives Miami Dade "Impact of Transportation Projects on Overtown" oral history records collection click on "Finding Aid/Inventory" on left.
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The Chapman House records consist of materials pertaining to the administration of the Chapman House spanning 1914 to 2002. It consists primarily of materials relating to building restoration. It also contains information on Dr. William A. Chapman, Sr., and social studies curriculum at Booker T. Washington High School. The house was bought by Dade County Public Schools in 1983.
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This collection consists of the records of the Bi-Racial/Tri Ethnic committee from 1969-1995 donated by Dr. Gordon Foster who was one of the Chairmen of the committee. The records reflect the organization's activities relating to the plan for desegregation of Dade County Public Schools (DCPS) and staff, high school, court orders, personnel workshop, attendance zones, court appeals, school closing, busing, parents issues, pairing of schools, new schools, membership, school zoning, records and federal law regulations. The bulk of the collection is composed of newspaper clippings, minutes, correspondence, reports, court orders, court appeals, personnel studies and construction plans. The collection does not contain financial documentation.
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The papers collected are personal papers for Dolores Austin Turner, a political and equal rights activist, dating from 1958 until 1987, donated by her niece, Sheila A. Austin and her nephew, Charles L. Austin in 2005. The papers contain correspondence between Turner and political figures as well as political and community organizations. The documents give insight to her role in politics and community interests for the State of Florida. Papers include photographs, correspondence, certificates, newspaper articles (at least one written by Turner), invitations, flyers, and cards. There are no financial records associated with these papers.
Noted Names:
Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry- Fla. State Representative, Elaine Gordon- Fla. State Representative, Richard (Dick) Stone- Fla. Secretary of State, Shirley Chislom- Congresswoman, Reubin O'Donovan Askew- Fla. Governor, Harvey I. Reiseman- (Dade) County Commissioner, Robert W. Trust- United States Attorney, Bernice T. Greene- Chairwoman; Guidance Clinic; Soror of Sigma Gamma Rho, Birch Bayh- Senator, Evan Bayh- Senator.
Noted Organizations:
Dade County public Schools, YMCA of Greater Miami and Dade County, Inc., National Council of Negro Women, Women in Distress, Inc., National Organization of Women, Dade County Commission on the Status of Women, Florida Women's Political Caucus, Presidential Candidates Screening Committee, Democratic National Convention Host Committee, Democratic National Committee, Florida House of Representatives, House Select Study Committee on the Equal Rights Amendment, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority (Gamma Delta Sigma chapter)
Noted Meetings:
Florida Black Political Seminar- June 17, 1972; Senate-House hearing on Equal Rights Amendment- February 15, 1973; Buds of Spring- March 5, 1973; Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the YMCA of Greater Miami and Dade County- January 16, 1973; Democratic Convention in Miami Beach- July 10-14, 1972
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The collection consists of the papers of Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Ph.D., historian, archivist and founder of The Black Archives.This collection will expand significantly. It currently contains materials relating to the funeral of her father, James D. McKellar, the Herstory organization of which she was a member, and many digitized images documenting her family and career.
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The collection documents the construction and rehabilitation of the X-ray Clinic, located in Overtown Miami, and the career of Samuel Hensdale Johnson (8 Jan 1900 - 1987), South Florida's first black radiologist and proprietor of the X-Ray Clinic. The Clinic was built for Dr. Johnson in 1939 by architect Barker and contractors Godfrey C. Scovello and H. S. Braggs for $5,000. Johnson started practising radiology as a general practitioner at 1004 N.W. 1st Court, in Miami's black business and entertainment district, Overtown. He practiced at the X-Ray Clinic until 1967 and retired in 1974. In 1980, the deed for the X-Ray Clinic was signed over to the Black Archives Foundation, at which time rehabilitation was begun. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, property records, building permits, and photographs and slides of the clinic taken before and after it was rehabilitated.
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The collection consists of the papers of the Wright family from the 1950s to 2003, donated by musician Phillip Leno Wright Sr. in 2003. The collection documents the Wright family's career in the music industry and includes a family history written by Phillip Leno Wright Sr.. The bulk of the collection is composed of photographs, magazines, newspaper clippings, promotional material in paper and electronic format. The earliest item in the collection is a photograph of Phillip Wright's grandmother dated from 1930.
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This one folder collection consists of papers donated to The Black Archives by Erica N. Wright in 2010.
It contains:
-Two 2009 editions of the Florida Bar News containing articles about Florida’s first black lawyers and Chief Justice Peggy Quince
-Two church programs from the Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church for relocation and dedication services in 2009
-One 2007 event program for the "Black Ph.D/ Ed. D." Magazine
-Twenty-fifth Anniversary event program for the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association
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The collection consists of the papers of Emma Ladson, Liberty City resident, donated by Emma Ladson in 2010. It documents Ladson's church and social activities, and 25 Year Reunion at Howard University. The papers include correspondence, programs, event tickets and newspaper articles. Programs come from the following churches: True Vine Missionary Baptist Church and Saint City Church of God.
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This collection consists of the papers of Earl Jackson Carroll (b. Nov 13, 1931), first black Dade County Commissioner (1968 to 1972), dating from 1961 to 1971, donated by Earl Carroll and the Carroll family, and supplemented by staff of the Black Archives. The collection contains material relating to Carroll's run for city and state offices and for a circuit court judge seat, including career accomplishments and setbacks. Types of material include: correspondence, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and speeches written by Carrol. The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper articles and correspondence.