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	Did you know that the Grove and Fisher Island use to be owned by African Americans?
	Did you know that until 1990 only two streets where named after black Americans in South Florida?
	Did you know that one of the original owners of Burdines was a black man?
	Did you know that Overtown use to be one of Miami’s hotspots?

If you didn’t, then you’re exactly why the 100 Black Men of South Florida, Inc. implemented the African American Historical Moments. Since 1990 the 100 has been informing South Floridians and particularly, South Florida’s black youth about some of the significant contributions that Black South Floridians have made to the historical landscape of Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.

Members of the 100 researched data in public libraries, archives of the Miami News, the Miami Times, the Miami Herald, the South Florida Historical Library and the Black Archives. Then members of the 100 authored, co-directed and co-produced public service vignettes which aired, in its first year, on television station WLPG-TV 10 and radio station WEDR 99.1 F.M.

The 100’s African-American Historical Moments highlighted Florida legislature Gwen Cherry, Rev. Theodore Gibson, millionaire Dana Albert Dorsey, Dr. William Sawyer and others. The community, business and political leaders who served as presenters on these vignettes included Armando Codina, Hon. Carrie P. Meek, Hon. Janet Reno, Dewey W. Knight, Jr., Howard Scharlin, Hon. Alexander Penelas, Garth Reeves, Robert Traurig, Dwight Lauderdale, Hon. Sylvia Poitier and Martin Fine, all of whom came together with the 100 to demonstrate the importance South Florida’s historically prominent black community.

In subsequent years, network affiliate television station WFOR-Channel 4 and WTVJ-Channel 6, also broadcast these vignettes and were joined by WPBT, WPBS, ESPN, CNN, BET, MTV, TNT, the Lifetime, Discovery, Metro-Dade Community Access Channels, the Arts & Entertainment Channel, Sunshine and USA Networks. Radio Stations: WIOD, WINZ, WMBM, WEXY, WLRN, WEDR and WHGT aired these historical moments. Based on arbitron estimates, these public service vignettes have made over 7,000,000 impressions in South Florida households including impacting and making youth knowledgeable of these historical facts.

A major component to this program is providing this type of information to youth and getting them involved in the process with school participation and youth involvement activities surrounding these facts. The 100 continues to work with youth ensure they are abreast of South Florida’s African- American Historical Moments.