Black History Book Advocacy – Miami Center For Racial Justice

Resisting Book Banning in Florida Schools

The Miami Center for Racial Justice opposes book banning in Florida schools as it is being done by the DeSantis administration. Books are now being banned based on the political ideology of Governor Ron DeSantis. Books are being banned based on a complaint from a single parent. One parent was able to get a Florida school district to ban 182 books based only on her complaint. The Center is organizing a variety of community-based organizations to join in this fight. We are buying banned books to distribute to Parent Teacher Associations across the state. Leaving the school out of it, the parents may choose to give the banned book to their children. Banned Book Caravans are being planned for this summer to take place in several communities on the same day and at the same time.

Standing up against the new Dept. of Education’s standards on Slavery

MLK Day of Service 2025

Teach the Truth Garden

The Teach the Truth Garden is located in Overtown on the corner of NW 3rd Ave. and NW 9th Street directly across from the Historic Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. It was established to foster community engagement and provide healthy vegetables to neighbors in need. The Garden will also be a location for the Miami Center for Racial Justice to give banned books away to parents of students who no longer have access to these books in their school libraries. The Miami Center is proud to have partnered with lululemon, who will conduct Wellness activities in the garden on weekends. These include meditation, yoga, walking and jogging events. Dr. Dunn will conduct a walking Teach the Truth tour from the garden, taking visitors to historical locations nearby.