North American University (NAU)

Although Miami is not really considered a major center of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s it did not escape the change that occurred Miami was a major city in the southern state of Florida and had always had a substantial African American and black Caribbean population, Because the population of South Florida is largely confined to a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades the Miami urbanized area (that is the area of contiguous urban development) is about 100 miles (160 km) long (north to south) but never more than 20 miles (32 km) wide and in some areas only 5 miles (8.0 km) wide (east to west) the Miami metropolitan statistical area is longer than any other urbanized area in the United States except for the New York metropolitan area it was the eighth most densely populated urbanized area in the United States in the 2000 census, New World School of the Arts arts magnet school. Although the railroads lifted the embargo in May 1926 the boom nevertheless fizzled out Disaster then followed in the shape of the September 1926 Miami Hurricane which drove many developers into bankruptcy the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 continued the catastrophic downward economic trend and the Florida land boom was officially over as the Great Depression began the depression and the devastating arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly a year later destroyed both the tourist and citrus industries upon which Florida depended In a few years an idyllic tropical paradise had been transformed into a bleak humid remote area with few economic prospects Florida's economy would not recover until World War II Daytona International Speedway is home to various auto racing events. The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.". The founders located the campus on the site of the original Tamiami Airport (not related to the later Kendall-Tamiami Airport) on the Tamiami Trail (U.S Route 41) between Southwest 107th and 117th Avenues just east of where the West Dade Expressway (now the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike) was being planned the abandoned airport's air traffic control tower became FIU's first building it originally had no telephones no drinking water and no furniture Perry decided that the tower should never be destroyed and it remains on campus where it is now known variously as the "Veterans Office," "Ivory Tower," the "Tower Building," or the "Public Safety Tower," and is the former location of the FIU Police Department, See also: List of mayors of Miami, In 1938 George Washington Carver Sr High opened in Coral Gables for the black residents of the Coconut Grove and Coral Gables area Located there were also its rival schools North Dade Sr High Dorsey Sr High and Mays Sr High. . Miami Children's Museum Miami Climbing ferns overtake cypress trees in the Everglades the ferns act as "fire ladders" that can destroy trees that would otherwise survive fires, Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Station 12.

5 Statistics Miami-Dade County has voted for the Democratic Party candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades and has gone Democratic in every election since 1992 However it did vote twice for Ronald Reagan (1980 1984) and once for George H W Bush (1988) From 1904 to 1972 it supported the Democratic candidate in all but four elections in 2008 and 2012 approximately 59.69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama in 2016 Democrat Hillary Clinton won 63.22% of the vote! In 2015 FIU ranked 7th as one of the best values in public higher education in the country according to a survey by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Other races: 3.5% [214,451], Swiss International Air Lines Zurich (18.6) 59.5. 1 Etymology, The conduct of international operations depends on a company's objectives and the means with which they carry them out the operations affect and are affected by the physical and societal factors and the competitive environment, Florida International University has seventeen varsity sports teams named the Panthers the Panthers' athletic colors are blue and gold and compete in the NCAA Division I as part of Conference USA in all sports Three main sports facilities serve as home venues for Panther athletics the Panthers football team plays at FIU Stadium ("The Cage") the men and women's basketball and volleyball teams play at the FIU Arena and the men's baseball team plays at FIU Baseball Stadium Other athletics venues include the Aquatic Center Tennis Complex softball fields and various other recreational fields FIU Arena underwent expansion to add more seating and a modernization of the exterior that was completed in late 2011 on July 1 2013 FIU became a member of Conference USA. 3.7.1 Green Library The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defined the limits of the oceans and seas in 1953 but some of these definitions have been revised since then and some are not used by various authorities institutions and countries see for example the CIA World Factbook Correspondingly the extent and number of oceans and seas varies, Everglades Agricultural Area Beginnings Competition has become more global. 1.2 Park decline and restoration President Harry Truman dedicating Everglades National Park on December 6 1947; A 2003 U.S Geological Survey photo showing the border between Water Conservation Area 3 (bottom) with water and Everglades National Park dry (top)! Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible, Coral Springs 121,096 117,549 Broward Hurricanes pose a severe threat each year during June 1 to November 30 hurricane season particularly from August to October Florida is the most hurricane-prone state with subtropical or tropical water on a lengthy coastline Of the category 4 or higher storms that have struck the United States 83% have either hit Florida or Texas, Ice hockey: Miami Matadors (ECHL) Miami Screaming Eagles (WHA) Miami Manatees (WHA2). 1 History Congressional districts Jacksonville: Jacksonville is served by the Jacksonville Skyway an automated people mover monorail connecting the Florida State College downtown campus the Northbank central business district Convention Center and Southbank locations the system includes 8 stops connected by two lines JTA bus has 180 vehicles with 56 lines.