/tags/miami-history Miami history en-US WLRN Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:52:45 GMT /local-news/2023-01-27/miami-museum-set-to-return-over-100-remains-from-indigenous-burial-sites-to-seminole-tribe HistoryMiami museum has remains and funerary artifacts from 132 Tequesta and Calusa tribe individuals. Those tribes are considered extinct, but the Seminole Tribe of Florida has long claimed to be their descendants - now the items are finally in the process of being returned to them under a 1990 federal law. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:52:45 GMT /local-news/2023-01-27/miami-museum-set-to-return-over-100-remains-from-indigenous-burial-sites-to-seminole-tribe Joshua Ceballos /news/2021-07-30/miamis-125th-birthday-and-remembering-the-citys-history Miami’s 125th birthday — we’ll learn about some of the city’s most interesting, and lesser-known, history. Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:07:02 GMT /news/2021-07-30/miamis-125th-birthday-and-remembering-the-citys-history Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /2021-07-28/surfsides-future-a-possible-mistaken-identity-and-a-life-sentence-and-miamis-125th-birthday The future and healing for the Surfside community. Did a murder and a mistaken identity lead to a wrongful conviction and life sentence? Plus, Miami’s 125th birthday — we’ll learn about some of the city’s most interesting, and lesser-known, history. Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:30:59 GMT /2021-07-28/surfsides-future-a-possible-mistaken-identity-and-a-life-sentence-and-miamis-125th-birthday Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2021-05-12/the-deering-estate-features-ghostly-sound-installation-as-part-of-their-spring-art-exhibit The Deering Estate offers ghost tours where guests can bring their own recording equipment in hopes of picking up something otherworldly. A new installation at the museum features sounds recorded at the estate that might not be made by ghosts but they are typically undetectable by the human ear. Wed, 12 May 2021 20:03:23 GMT /news/2021-05-12/the-deering-estate-features-ghostly-sound-installation-as-part-of-their-spring-art-exhibit Julian Quintana /news/2021-01-13/miamis-osvaldo-soto-pioneering-cuban-american-lawyer-who-fought-discrimination-dies-at-91 Over decades he became a revered figure fighting on behalf of Miami’s Hispanic and minority communities. Soto, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died Saturday of natural causes at age 91. Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:41:15 GMT /news/2021-01-13/miamis-osvaldo-soto-pioneering-cuban-american-lawyer-who-fought-discrimination-dies-at-91 David Ovalle /news/2021-01-11/another-piece-of-miami-lost-fire-guts-house-in-iconic-stiltsville-on-biscayne-bay A fire engulfed the Leshaw house in Stiltsville early Monday. Miami fire officials say investigators are still trying to determine the cause. Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:23:09 GMT /news/2021-01-11/another-piece-of-miami-lost-fire-guts-house-in-iconic-stiltsville-on-biscayne-bay Jenny Staletovich /show/sundial/2020-08-03/the-nation-is-paying-attention-a-conversation-about-black-miami-in-the-20th-century When the city of Miami was established in 1896, there were 367 people who voted to make Miami a reality. Of those people, 162 of them were Black… Mon, 03 Aug 2020 15:38:56 GMT /show/sundial/2020-08-03/the-nation-is-paying-attention-a-conversation-about-black-miami-in-the-20th-century Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /show/sundial/2020-06-19/our-history-was-muddled-a-conversation-about-juneteenth-in-south-florida Juneteenth commemorates the day emancipation reached enslaved people in the deepest parts of the South.It wasn't until June 19, 1865, two months after the… Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:33:07 GMT /show/sundial/2020-06-19/our-history-was-muddled-a-conversation-about-juneteenth-in-south-florida Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2019-03-07/julia-tuttle-may-not-be-the-only-mother-of-miami-could-mary-brickell-be-one-too At Bayfront Park in the City of Miami, a 10-foot tall bronze statue stands in honor of Julia Tuttle. She holds oranges in one hand and branches with tiny… Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:34:42 GMT /news/2019-03-07/julia-tuttle-may-not-be-the-only-mother-of-miami-could-mary-brickell-be-one-too Katie Lepri Cohen /news/2019-03-07/home-of-miamis-first-black-millionaire-dana-a-dorsey-now-open-to-public The home of Miami’s first black millionaire is now open to the public.Dana A. Dorsey was what today would be considered a real estate mogul. He was also a… Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:51:56 GMT /news/2019-03-07/home-of-miamis-first-black-millionaire-dana-a-dorsey-now-open-to-public