Overtown (Miami)

United States

Overtown (Miami) connects to 1435 places across 12 topics through 30 Bunkabop connections, drawing on music, sports, and transportation ties. The neighborhood sheltered Black entertainers including Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole, who could not lodge at the Fontainebleau or Eden Roc despite performing there. Henry Flagler's mostly Black railroad workers founded the settlement that separate but equal segregation laws of the Deep South designated "Colored Town." Connections extend to New York City, Chicago, and Harlem.

Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Miami Beach, Florida | North Lauderdale, United States of America

environmental racism

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Shelburne, Nova Scotia | Dilkon, Arizona

Coconut Grove

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Miami, Florida | Brickell | South Miami, United States of America | Coconut Creek, Florida

separate but equal

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Virginia | New Orleans, Louisiana | Vermont | Edgefield, South Carolina | High View Park

Community gardening

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Barcelona, Spain | Torrance, California | Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco | Roxbury | Mattapan

Standard Oil

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: Livorno | Hampton Roads, VirginiaNorth Carolina | Palm Beach, Florida | Williamsburg, Virginia | Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Nat King Cole

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: United States | Los Angeles, California | Germany | Chicago, Illinois | New York City, New York

transit-oriented development

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: New Jersey | Mississauga, Ontario | Boulder, Colorado | Newton, Massachusetts | Derby, Connecticut

Miami River (Florida)

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: United States | Spain | Florida | Miami, Florida | Dallas, Texas

Free Trade Area of the Americas

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: United States | Canada | Chicago, Illinois | Spain | Mexico

permaculture

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: United States | Australia | India | Japan | China

Inter Miami CF

Connects Overtown (Miami) to: United States | Los Angeles, California | Chicago, Illinois | Paris, France | New York City, New York

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