Black Miami community erased overnight

MIAMI – In the summer of 1947, a thriving Black community in Miami vanished in the blink of an eye.

Families were evicted with little notice, given just two hours to leave behind their homes, businesses and belongings.

Rebecca Jenkins McSwain, whose family was among those forced out of the Railroad Shop Colored Addition, recalled the devastation in a recorded interview…

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