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|government_footnotes= |government_type= |leader_title=City of Miami Commissioner |leader_name=Richard Dunn |leader_title1=Miami-Dade Commissioners |leader_name1=Audrey Edmonson |leader_title2= Florida House of Representatives|House of Representatives |leader_name2= Cynthia Stafford ( Democratic Party (United States)|D ) and Daphne Campbell (D) |leader_title3= Florida State Senate|State Senate |leader_name3= Larcenia Bullard (D) and Oscar Braynon (D) |leader_title4= United States House of Representatives|U.S. House |leader_name4= Frederica Wilson (D) |established_title= |established_date=
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|postal_code_type= ZIP Code |postal_code=33125, 33127, 33142, 33147, 33150 |area_code= Area codes 305 and 786|305, 786 |website= |footnotes= Liberty City is a neighborhoods of Miami|neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States. The area is roughly bound by Florida State Road 934|NW 79th Street to the north, Florida State Road 9|NW 27th Avenue to the west, the Florida State Road 112|Airport Expressway (SR 112) to the south, and Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate 95 to the east. The Miami neighborhood is home to one of the largest concentrations of African American|black American s in South Florida metropolitan area|South Florida , as of|2000|lc=on Census.cite web |url= http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/nets/pages/ModelCity/ModelCity.asp |title=City of Miami-NET: Model City (Liberty City) |publisher=www.ci.miami.fl.us |accessdate=June 11, 2008 http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Liberty-City-Miami-FL.html Liberty City neighborhood, detailed profile
It is serviced by the Metrorail (Miami)|Miami Metrorail at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Metrorail station)|Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza and Brownsville (Metrorail station)|Brownsville stations along NW 27th Avenue. Currently, construction is underway to expand the Metro from Earlington Heights near Allapattah to the new Miami Central Station at Miami International Airport . http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/improve_airport.asp
History
Once a part of the sparsely populated rural-urban fringe|outskirts of northern Miami, what became Liberty City developed during the Great Depression of the 1930s when President of the United States|President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the construction of the Liberty Square (Miami)|Liberty Square housing project in 1933, the first of its kind in the Southern United States. Built as a response to the deteriorating housing conditions in densely-populated and restrictive covenant|covenant-restricted slum s of Overtown (Miami)|Overtown , construction on the initial housing project began in 1934 and opened in 1937.
Into the 1940s and 1950s, the growing Liberty City and adjacent Brownsville, Florida|Brownsville thrived as a middle class|middle income African American|black American community, hosting several churches, hospitals, and community center s. The area served as home to prominent figures such as Kelsey Pharr, M. Athalie Range (the first African American to elected serve on the Miami city commission ) and Boxing|boxer Muhammad Ali . Although racial segregation|segregation laws prohibited black Americans from resting and residing in popular Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach , service establishment and resorts such as the Hampton House catered to and entertained the likes of notables such as Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , Althea Gibson , and even white American|white s such as Mickey Mantle .
Construction of Interstate 95 in Florida in Overtown and declining use of restrictive covenants in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 dramatically altered the neighborhood into the 1960s. Increasing numbers of lower class|lower income elderly and Aid to Families with Dependent Children|welfare-dependent families migrated to the Liberty City neighborhood following their displacement primarily from inner city Overtown, leading to large-scale black flight of middle and upper class|higher income African Americans and other blacks like West Indian American s largely to suburban areas like Florida City, Florida|Florida City and Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens in southern and northern Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County , respectively.
Crime grew prevalent in the increasingly poverty-stricken area in the immediate post- African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)|Civil Rights era of the 1960s and 1970s. The ensuing problems of the poor and disenfranchised grew most apparent and notable in race riot s which occurred in Liberty City in August 1968 during the 1968 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, and in 1980 following the acquittal of police officers charged with the killing Arthur McDuffie .
The plight of inner-city black Miamians increasingly came to be highlighted in national press into the 1980s as the Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes football team of the University of Miami won several AP National Championship Trophy|national college football championship s led by players recruited from the mostly black, lower income neighborhoods such as Liberty City and Overtown. National exposure continued with the popularity of nationally broadcast programs such as the NBC crime drama Miami Vice , which brought the deteriorating conditions of the area to greater prominence.
Into the 1990s and 2000s, the music grew to reflect the area with locals such as Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew pioneering the Miami bass genre which dominated Southern hip hop|Southern hip hop music during the decade. Other music and sports talents rose to national prominence from area such as rappers Trina and Trick Daddy and National Football League|NFL players Chad Ochocinco|Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson and Willis McGahee .
Demographics
In 2000, Liberty City had a population of 23,009cite web |url= http://www.miamigov.com/Planning/pages/services/Census.asp |title=Demographics of Liberty City Miami, FL. |publisher=miamigov.com |accessdate=June 11, 2008 and 43,054cite web |url= http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Liberty-City-Miami-FL.html |title=Demographics of Liberty City, Miami, FL. |publisher= city-data |accessdate=September 7, 2009 residents, with 7,772 households, and 5,428 families residing in the neighborhood. The median household income was $18,809.87. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 3.04% Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino of any nationality, 94.69% Black (U.S. Census)|Black , 0.59% White (U.S. Census)|White , and 1.68% Race (U.S. Census)|Other races (non-Hispanic) .
The zip codes for the Liberty City include 33127, 33142, 33147, and 33150. The area covers convert|5.968|sqmi|km2. In 2000, there were 19,286 males and 23,768 females. The median age for males was 25.9 years, while the median age for females was 30.3 years. The average household size had 3.1 people, while the average family size had 3.7 members. The percentage of married-couple families (among all households) was 20.3%, while the percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households) was 9.1%, and the percentage of single-mother households (among all households) was 33.1%. The percentage of never-married males 15 years old and over was 21.9%, while the percentage of never-married females 15 years old and over was 29.7%.
In 2000, 2.7% of the population spoke little to no English. The percentage of residents born in Florida was 74.5%, the percentage of people born in another U.S. state was 16.7%, and the percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S. was 0.8%, while the percentage of foreign born residents was 7.9%.
Education
Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools:
Miami-Dade Public Library operates area public libraries:
Model City Library
Transportation
The Metrorail (Miami)|Miami Metrorail services the neighborhood at the following stations:
color box|#MDM color|Green Earlington Heights (Metrorail station)|Earlington Heights ( Florida State Road 112|Airport Expressway and West 22nd Avenue)
color box|#MDM color|Green Brownsville (Metrorail station)|Brownsville (North 52nd Street and West 27th Avenue)
color box|#MDM color|Green Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (Metrorail station)|Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza (North 62nd Street/Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and West 27th Avenue)
New Covenant Presbyterian Church (Miami, Florida)|New Covenant Presbyterian Church of Miami
References
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External links
http://www.motherjones.com/photo/2007/05/fitting_tribute-10.html Photo Essay: Fitting Tribute by Hank Willis Thomas
Miami NeighborhoodsCoord|25.831801|-80.224829|display=title Category:Districts in Miami, Florida Category:Neighborhoods in Miami, Florida Category:Populated places in Florida with African American majority populations
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