In 1961, Carrie Meek became the first Black educator at Miami Dade College, then called North Dade Junior College, working her way through the ranks to associate dean and eventually becoming a state legislator and congresswoman.
So, it was only fitting that a historical marker honoring Meek’s statewide and South Florida contributions be affixed to the very Liberty City campus where she brought $2.3 million in funding to build the school’s entrepreneurial center, which now bears her name.
The Meek family stood before a crowd of 75 people inside the Miami Dade College Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Educational Center and said the marker is a symbol of Meek’s work and investment into youth and community…