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Interstates 95 and 395 were constructed in Overtown in the 1960s. [1]Overtown is a historically black neighborhood in Miami, [2] [3] [4] located north of downtown. [5] [6] In 1982, the 4-square-mile (10 km 2) neighborhood was home to about 18,000 people, almost all African American, [7] an ethnic group that constituted about 17 percent of the Miami metropolitan area's 1.6 million residents. [5]
By 1968, Miami witnessed a riot in its Liberty City neighborhood during the 1968 Republican National Convention, caused by the frustration African Americans faced in the country. [4] By the 1970s, the Hispanic population of Miami outnumbered the African American population and more Hispanic owned businesses had been opened than African American ...
The 1989 Miami riot was sparked after Miami Police Department (MPD) officer William Lozano shot Black motorcyclist Clement Lloyd on January 16, 1989. Lloyd, 23, was fleeing from another MPD officer who was chasing him for an alleged traffic violation.
Dale Ewers may soon face a jury — more than 30 years after the murder of Mercedes Perez in South Beach. A man will soon face trial in 1990 Miami Beach killing. He chose to represent himself
In the US, a nation with an incredibly shocking gun death epidemic, cars kill nearly as many people. Many, many of these deaths are preventable, argues Jill Filipovic. Opinion: This cultural ...
Carl Robert Brown (November 26, 1930 – August 20, 1982) was an American teacher and mass murderer who fatally shot eight people and injured another three in a Miami welding shop on August 20, 1982. He was later fatally shot by two witnesses while cycling away from the scene.
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Dale Ewers, 60, is being tried for the Sept. 21, 1990 murder of 34-year-old Mercedes Perez in Miami Beach.