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Forty thousand blacks roughly one-fifth of their 1900 population levels in Florida left the state in the Great Migration They left due to lynchings and racial violence and for better opportunities in the North and the West Disfranchisement for most African Americans in the state persisted until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s gained federal legislation in 1965 to enforce protection of their constitutional suffrage. Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 under Spanish flag Six years later Vasco da Gama reached India under Portuguese flag by navigating south around the Cape of Good Hope thus proving that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are connected in 1500 in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre Following these explorations Spain and Portugal quickly conquered and colonized large territories in the New World and forced the Amerindian population into slavery in order to explore the vast quantities of silver and gold they found Spain and Portugal monopolized this trade in order to keep other European nations out but conflicting interests nevertheless led to a series of Spanish-Portuguese wars a peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away England France and the Dutch Republic enviously watched the Spanish and Portuguese wealth grow and allied themselves with pirates such as Henry Mainwaring and Alexandre Exquemelin They could explore the convoys leaving the Americas because prevailing winds and currents made the transport of heavy metals slow and predictable, FIU's campus has been the set for many films television shows and music videos One of the earliest television shows to have filmed at FIU was Miami Vice in 1985 in the episode "The Fix" the FIU Arena was used as one of the scenes the TV show Burn Notice has also filmed various episodes at FIU with scenes at the College of Business Buildings and the Diaz-Balart College of Law Building in 2007 Chris Brown filmed the music video for his song "Kiss Kiss" at FIU with scenes near the Frost Art Museum and around the Graham Center Various telenovelas for Telemundo and Univision have filmed television episodes at FIU as well in 2007 Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos was filmed in the Graham Center. Miami-Dade County has operated under a unique metropolitan system of government a "two-tier federation" since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law. 11.4 Cycling and walking Temple Israel of Greater Miami, Cities Dry season 17.4 inches (44 cm) 30.9 inches (78 cm) 7.3 inches (19 cm). ; . . Highways 1.2 18th to 19th centuries: Early non-Spanish settlement, Hollywood 140,768 139,368 Broward A cortadito is a popular espresso beverage found in cafeterias around Miami It is particularly popular for breakfast or in the afternoon with a pastelito, Royal Air Maroc Casablanca.

T.Y Hilton 5 Statistics Voter registration, Honors College The Phi Gamma Delta "Fiji" Fraternity House, 4.6% Colombian Causeways (102) 2.08 ??F ??? ??? ?TF Main articles: PortMiami Tunnel and PortMiami Deep Dredge Project. (of any race) 63.1% 23.2% 16.9% At one time the cruise line ResidenSea had its headquarters in an unincorporated area in the county.