The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

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The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a 3-episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, FL, with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future, as told by legacy residents, we’ll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us.

10/18/2021

Episode 3 - Hope for the Future

For transcript, visit here Loss of community through racism - but there is progress.

19 min
10/18/2021

Episode 2 - Success

For a transcript, visit here "Mama always said that she wanted her children to get an education. She wanted us to be able to go to school and get an education, so we wouldn’t have to do what she was doing, cleaning up other folks’ houses." In this episode, we explore how the Black Bahamian immigrants settling in Coconut Grove prioritized education for their children, in the belief that it would set them up for better lives.

18 min
10/18/2021

Episode 1 - The Beginning

For a transcript, visit here Vizcaya was the winter estate of James Deering, a wealthy, white Chicago-born industrialist, but that’s not Vizcaya’s whole or only story – or even close to it. To tell a more complete and deeper story, Vizcaya went to our neighbors in Coconut Grove, a community that pre-dates the incorporation of the City of Miami and was founded in the late 1800s by Bahamian pioneers. This is the beginning.

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The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a 3-episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, FL., with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future, as told by legacy residents, we’ll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us. Transcript: Leona Cooper Baker: I said that depends on who you ask. Carol David Henley Bird: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I personally would prefer Black Coconut Grove. What do you prefer? Leona Cooper Baker: Some people thought it was okay to call it West Grove. I'm almost 85, I've always called it just Coconut Grove. Rebecca Peterson: Join us to explore the Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, Florida. Carol David Henley Bird: To tell you the truth, people who lived here a long time ago, if they came back and you said West Grove, they wouldn't know what you were talking about. Leona Cooper Baker: Exactly, that's true. Rebecca Peterson: The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a three episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Carol David Henley Bird: I can tell you this as well, this is the one thing that segregation did, is that as long as you kept us separate, it's easy to convince everybody that we are inferior. I didn't go around feeling that I was inferior to Whites, but it does make you apprehensive. Rebecca Peterson: Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future as told by legacy residents, we'll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us. Get it wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a 3-episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, FL., with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future, as told by legacy residents, we’ll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us. Transcript: Leona Cooper Baker: I said that depends on who you ask. Carol David Henley Bird: Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I personally would prefer Black Coconut Grove. What do you prefer? Leona Cooper Baker: Some people thought it was okay to call it West Grove. I'm almost 85, I've always called it just Coconut Grove. Rebecca Peterson: Join us to explore the Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, Florida. Carol David Henley Bird: To tell you the truth, people who lived here a long time ago, if they came back and you said West Grove, they wouldn't know what you were talking about. Leona Cooper Baker: Exactly, that's true. Rebecca Peterson: The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a three episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Carol David Henley Bird: I can tell you this as well, this is the one thing that segregation did, is that as long as you kept us separate, it's easy to convince everybody that we are inferior. I didn't go around feeling that I was inferior to Whites, but it does make you apprehensive. Rebecca Peterson: Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future as told by legacy residents, we'll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us. Get it wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove is a 3-episode podcast by legacy residents of Coconut Grove, a small community in Miami, FL, with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Through history, stories of triumph and perseverance and hopes for the future, as told by legacy residents, we’ll learn how heritage is powerful and empowers us.

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The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove

The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove

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Episode 3 - Hope for the Future

Episode 2 - Success

Episode 1 - The Beginning

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