The Inaugural "Teach The Truth" Tour with Dr. Marvin Dunn | Documentary by Jamora Arroyo-Jefferson

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During January 7-8, 2023, I took part in the inaugural “Teach The Truth" tour with Dr. Marvin Dunn, Florida International University Professor Emeritus and a renowned Black Historian.

My family and I were part of a group of about 50 individuals from South Florida - community leaders, family members, and high school students - who loaded onto a charter bus for the historic experience.

Organized by The Miami Center for Racial Justice, the group’s itinerary included visiting various sites throughout the two-day trip, and learning about the numerous acts of racial terror - the bombing of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore, the Newberry Lynchings of 1916 the Rosewood Massacre and others - committed against Black Floridians throughout the state’s history.

The tour concluded with a 100th-year anniversary ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the Rosewood Massacre, which was held on the five-acre property of Dr. Dunn - the only Black person who currently owns land in Rosewood, Florida.

Dr. Dunn describes the “Teach the Truth” tour as a direct response to the attempt by politicians in Florida to legislate a ban on the teaching of Black History to public school students throughout the state.

This documentary was produced to help ensure that the racial terror experienced by Black Floridians throughout the state's history is not forgotten or erased. Learning from these horrific events is important if we are to build better race relations for future generations, because in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.”

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