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. 5.4 Cypress The struggle for a "colored-only" beach in Miami signified the incipient civil rights revolution of the 1950s -1960s it was fueled by the anger of patriotic black servicemen who fought the racism of Nazi Germany only to return to a segregated America Among the protesters was Attorney Lawson B Thomas who would later become the first Black appointed to Judge in the post-Reconstruction South Lawyer Thomas remained on the beach holding bail money for those who anticipated arrest the NAACP had notified the local press and police of the time and place hoping for arrests that would be central to a court challenge of local discrimination laws and policies on instruction from local government representatives police refused to cite the protestors telling Thomas to contact County Commissioner Charles H Crandon, Bribery Main article: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant, Tamiami Electronic dance music Miami Florida Business directory. . Joining the United States; Indian removal Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Coral Gables, Boynton Beach 68,217 60,389 Palm Beach Miami Florida Business directory. See also: Pangaea Ultima Initial attempts at developing agriculture near Lake Okeechobee were successful but the nutrients in the peat were rapidly removed In a process called soil subsidence oxidation of peat causes loss of volume Bacteria decompose dead sawgrass slowly underwater without oxygen When the water was drained in the 1920s and bacteria interacted with oxygen an aerobic reaction occurred Microorganisms degraded the peat into carbon dioxide and water Some of the peat was burned by settlers to clear the land Some homes built in the areas of early farms had to have their foundations moved to stilts as the peat deteriorated; other areas lost approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) of soil depth. Biscayne Park Map of Caribbean showing seven approximately parallel westward-pointing arrows that extend from east of the Virgin Islands to Cuba the southern arrows bend northward just east of the Dominican Republic before straightening out again; Earthquakes are rare because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries.

Other settlements within Miami's city limits were Lemon City (now Little Haiti) and Coconut Grove Settlements outside the city limits were Biscayne in present-day Miami Shores and Cutler in present-day Palmetto Bay Many of the settlers were homesteaders attracted to the area by offers of 160 acres (0.6 km2) of free land by the United States federal government. . None Dialect 5.2 Annual traffic, Julia Tuttle Causeway connects Miami and Miami Beach, The first edition was published September 15 1903 as the Miami Evening Record After the recession of 1907 the newspaper had severe financial difficulties Its largest creditor was Henry Flagler Through a loan from Henry Flagler Frank B Shutts who was also the founder of the law firm Shutts & Bowen acquired the paper and renamed it the Miami Herald on December 1 1910 Although it is the longest continuously published newspaper in Miami the earliest newspaper in the region was the Tropical Sun established in 1891 the Miami Metropolis which later became the Miami News was founded in 1896 and was the Herald's oldest competitor until 1988 when it went out of business.[citation needed]. The Miami Marlins and St Louis Cardinals conduct spring training in Jupiter at Roger Dean Stadium Functions: marketing global manufacturing and supply chain management accounting finance human resources. Psychology 148 Miami Florida Business directory Downtown Miami FIU has six libraries Green Library FIU's main library; the Glenn Hubert Library (Biscayne Bay Campus) the Wolfsonian Library the Engineering Library the Law Library and the Medical Library the Green Library Hubert Library and Engineering Library Service Center are under the direction of the Dean of University Libraries Other libraries are overseen by their appropriate schools or organizations! Big Bend Fortune Small Business recognized the college as among the best in the United States for entrepreneurship in its listing of "America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs," (August 2007) in the "Cross-Disciplinary/Cross Pollination" category, Toll Florida 878.svg State Road 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway). ; 3.3.1 Downtown Miami Center Opa-locka Tri-Rail The Order of the Torch is a semi-secret honorary leadership society akin to other secret societies in the state such as Florida Blue Key at the University of Florida and the Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami the organization is rumored to have been founded in 2003 as a way of organizing student leadership to restructure student life to mirror that of a traditional university Members now include students faculty staff and community members including FIU alumni Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (class of 1974) Top leadership in Student Government Homecoming and the most elite campus fraternal organizations rank among its members.