. In 2008 the North Lauderdale City Commission passed a resolution calling for a new state of South Florida to be formed from Palm Beach Broward Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
(25.8) 85.3 Catholic preparatory schools operated by religious orders are Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for boys and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy for girls. British American Business Council 18 References As of 2010 those of African ancestry accounted for 16.0% of Florida's population which includes African Americans Out of the 16.0% 4.0% (741,879) were West Indian or Afro-Caribbean American During the early 1900s black people made up nearly half of the state's population in response to segregation disfranchisement and agricultural depression many African Americans migrated from Florida to northern cities in the Great Migration in waves from 1910 to 1940 and again starting in the later 1940s They moved for jobs better education for their children and the chance to vote and participate in society by 1960 the proportion of African Americans in the state had declined to 18% Conversely large numbers of northern whites moved to the state.[citation needed] Today large concentrations of black residents can be found in northern and central Florida Aside from blacks descended from African slaves brought to the southern U.S. there are also large numbers of blacks of West Indian recent African and Afro-Latino immigrant origins especially in the Miami/South Florida area. . Metrorail has stops throughout Miami with connections to Miami International Airport all Metrobus lines Tri-Rail and Amtrak the main bus station in Downtown is located next to the Arsht Center at the Adrienne Arsht Center Station, 2013 Inaugural Poet and Award-Winning Author, 8 Economy During the Florida land boom of the 1920s the Miami Herald was the largest newspaper in the world as measured by lines of advertising During the Great Depression in the 1930s the Herald came close to receivership but recovered. 8 See also Student Government Association In 2008 7% of FIU students were international students Of those the most popular countries of origin were: China (20%) India (13%) Jamaica (10%) Venezuela (6%) Colombia (5%) and Trinidad and Tobago (4%). FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell" FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004 in August 2011 FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with the expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as with FIU's research center the Metropolitan Center Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents as of Spring 2011 there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center with plans to grow the center to over 2,000 students by 2021, Florida's primary interstate routes include: Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education Bilingual education is offered in Spanish French German Haitian Creole and Mandarin Chinese M-DCPS is the only school district in Florida to offer bilingual education in Mandarin. Seminoles made their home in the Everglades, 1.3 1890s: Fast growth and formation, In 1999 the Barry University School of Law was established in Orlando Florida Barry University's law school is named the Dwayne O Andreas School of Law; .
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