See also: Sport in Miami, The struggle for a "colored-only" beach in Miami signified the incipient civil rights revolution of the 1950s -1960s it was fueled by the anger of patriotic black servicemen who fought the racism of Nazi Germany only to return to a segregated America Among the protesters was Attorney Lawson B Thomas who would later become the first Black appointed to Judge in the post-Reconstruction South Lawyer Thomas remained on the beach holding bail money for those who anticipated arrest the NAACP had notified the local press and police of the time and place hoping for arrests that would be central to a court challenge of local discrimination laws and policies on instruction from local government representatives police refused to cite the protestors telling Thomas to contact County Commissioner Charles H Crandon, Occupations and Type of Employer: Among the most common occupations were: 32% were management professional and related occupations 30% were sales and office occupations 18% were service occupations 11% were construction extraction maintenance and repair occupations and 9% were production transportation and material moving occupations 81% of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 12% were Federal state or local government workers; and 7% were Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers. . 8.1 Fisheries 3.7% Puerto Rican Atlas Air 10 Bibliography Miami has a minority-majority population as non-Hispanic whites comprise less than half of the population 11.9% down from 41.7% in 1970 Hispanic or Latino (of any race) make up 70% of Miami's population as of the 2010 census the racial makeup of the population of Miami was 72.6% White American (including White Hispanic) 19.2% Black or African American 1% Asian American and the remainder belonged to other groups or was of mixed ancestry!
! Corrections department The area was affected by the Second Seminole War where Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Fort Dallas was located on Fitzpatrick's plantation on the north bank of the river Most of the non-Indian population consisted of soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas the Seminole War was the most devastating Indian war in American history,[citation needed] causing almost a total loss of native population in the Miami area the Cape Florida lighthouse was burned by Seminoles in 1836 and was not repaired until 1846! . 3.1 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Wynwood Art District, Coral Terrace Map of racial/ethnic distribution in Miami 2010 U.S Census Each dot is 25 people: Non-Hispanic White Hispanic Black Asian, According to the 2016 American Community Survey 72.3% of working city of Miami residents commuted by driving alone 8.7% carpooled 9% used public transportation and 3.7% walked About 1.8% used all other forms of transportation including taxicab motorcycle and bicycle About 4.5% of working city of Miami residents worked at home in 2015 19.9% of city of Miami households were without a car which decreased to 18.6% in 2016 the national average was 8.7 percent in 2016 Miami averaged 1.24 cars per household in 2016 compared to a national average of 1.8 per household.
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