Booker T Washington, Miami's first segregated black high school, opened on February 28, 1927, at 1200 NW Sixth Avenue in Overtown. The original building was replaced with a modern building in 1989.
William Sawyer was a civic leader in Overtown who was instrumental in founding the first black hospital and founded and operated the Mary Elizabeth Hotel in Overtown. Other than Dr. Dunn's books, you can read 'The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami' by Chanelle Rose, and 'A World More Concrete' by N.D.B. Connolly. Both are good books.
Thank you. Please aside from Dunns works are there other books about Black Miami?why did the new CVS TARGET on 6th street use the name Sawyer Walk?
William Sawyer was a civic leader in Overtown who was instrumental in founding the first black hospital and founded and operated the Mary Elizabeth Hotel in Overtown. Other than Dr. Dunn's books, you can read 'The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami' by Chanelle Rose, and 'A World More Concrete' by N.D.B. Connolly. Both are good books.