. Treasure hunters from the Bahamas and the Keys came to South Florida to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida reef some of whom accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves in 1825 the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built on nearby Key Biscayne to warn passing ships of the dangerous reefs, Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown), 2.2 Hydrology 1940 172,172 55.6% Miami Florida Business directory. .

In 1926 the original Booker T Washington Senior High School building opened in what is now the Overtown district it was the only secondary black high school at the time in South Florida enrolling students from as far away as Broward and Palm Beach counties! 6.3 Seaports Weston The Florida Legislature comprises the Florida Senate which has 40 members and the Florida House of Representatives which has 120 members the current governor of Florida is Ron DeSantis the Florida Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and six justices; 1.6% Peruvian 1980s and 1990s 9 Education A local producer and noise-artist from the Miami Rock Scene Rat Bastard has recently been celebrated in a rock opera entitled "Hearing Damage (aka the Rat Opera)" the Rat Opera written by local performers Brian Franklin and Rob Elba features Rene Alvarez playing the part of Rat Rat co-founded the group to Live and Shave in L.A in 1993. Public organizations with their main offices in Downtown include the central offices of the Beacon Council the Downtown Development Authority Miami-Dade County government Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami Police Department and Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation as well as numerous City of Miami departments despite city hall's location in Coconut Grove, Government Center is one of the main stations for Metrorail and Metromover, population 2010 to 2018 Black or African American 19.2% 22.3% 27.4% 25.1% 22.7% 22.4% 16.2% 21.4% 22.7% 31.3% 41.3%. QS in 2015 ranked FIU's MBA program 58th in North America, 2.3% Dominican 3 Demographics Jamaica Jamaica 2.2.1 Neighborhoods This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (July 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). .