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Colored
Town



Established during the Jim Crow Era, Colored Town was a thriving community on the other side of the tracks between Northwest 6th and 12th Street. It included professional offices, 30+ stores, the Lyric Theater, restaraunts, bars and night spots, its own police precinct and more.



one of overtown's many prominent night clubs



The Mary Elizabeth Hotel, built and operated by a black physician, Dr. W. B. Sawyer, Sr., was host to such notables as United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; Congressman Adam Clayton Powell; labor leader A. Phillip Randolph; educator, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune; Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “the father of Negro history,” and W E B. DuBois, and internationally known intellectual and author.



a regular hangout for black celebrities in the 1950's. guest often seen ike and tina turner here.



once known as the harlem of the south



the countries only black precinct



king calypso Harry belafonte at sir john hotel



"social center of the south" the hampton hotel opened in 1954. frequent guest included mlk jr, malcolm x, and muhammad ali



black owned business thrived in overtown



overtown was once the epicenter of black entertainment



Muhammad ali at Sir John Hotel



Miami
Sound



"Big horns, deep bass grooves, tight guitar riffs, sometimes a piano, sometimes an organ, always soul."


The Miami sound was a fusion of soul, jazz, funk, reggae and calypso. Local contributors to the Miami sound included Helene Smith, considered Miami’s first lady of soul, Betty Wright, Gwen McCrae, Sam & Dave, Clarence Reid, Willie “Little Beaver” Hale, Them Two, Joey Gilmore, and Timmy Thomas. Other big name talents like BB King, Harry Belafonte, and Ray Charles fled to Overtown to catch the wave.





MIAMI'S VERY OWN



JOHNNY RECORD'S IN OVERTOWN MIAMI



FINAL STOP ON THE CHITTERLING CIRCUIT



SAM COOKE RECORDED AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB IN MIAMI



the first black-owned record label in Florida changed the face of soul music in Miami forever.



OVERTOWN WAS THE PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU WANTED JAZZ IN ITS PUREST FORM



SAM COOKE PERFORMED THROUGHOUT OVERTOWN



SAM COOKE WITH MUHAMMAD ALI



BB KING AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB IN OVERTOWN



Purvis
Young



Artist | Humanitarian | Towner4Life



I can't solve the world's problems. I paint the world's problems.



purvis was born in liberty city and lived most of his life in overtown



HIS WORK OFTEN CONCERNED ITSELF WITH CACOPHONOUS, URGENT REPRESENTATIONS OF URBAN STRIFE



PURVIS PAINTED ON FOUND MATERIAL THROUGHOUT OVERTOWN



“What I say is the world is getting worser, guys pushing buggies, street people not having no jobs here in Miami, drugs kill the young, and church people riding around in luxury cars.”



PRESERVE THE CULTURE
Art - Culture - Food



July 14, 2018



Preserve the Culture is our monthly series of multicultural events. The purpose of these events is to explore and celebrate the forgotten rich history of our neighborhoods, with a focus on community building and restoring our once thriving culture. The Overtown edition features a series of art exhibits, entrepreneur discussion panels, chef demonstrations, food and clothing vendors, music and more, revisiting Historic Overtown’s jazz/performing arts scene, booming culture, and "Good Bread Alley" days. The event will be held July 14th in conjunction with the Overtown Music Festival at A "Space Called Tribe" in Historic Overtown. Preserve the Culture: The Overtown Edition is brought to you by Know to Grow, Inc and Code Fever Miami, Inc.



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