{"id":177525,"date":"2026-03-04T08:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177525\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:32:14","slug":"100-black-men-of-south-florida-hosts-human-library-event-exploring-south-florida-legends-for-students-at-barry-university-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177525\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Black Men of South Florida hosts \u2018Human Library\u2019 event exploring South Florida legends for students at Barry University &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Several South Florida teens got up close and personal with a few of Miami\u2019s history-makers.<\/p>\n<p>Students at Barry University got the chance to learn about the lived experiences of several South Florida greats during 100 Black Men of South Florida\u2019s \u201cHuman Library\u201d event over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mentees were able to hear from many local legends like NFL Hall of Famer Larry Little, David Lawrence, Albert Dotson Jr. and Dr. Dorothy Fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just does my heart good to see our young people embracing this. Sometimes you have to expose them to those things that they may not want to be exposed to, or they haven\u2019t been exposed to. It\u2019s an obligation, we don\u2019t have a choice, and we\u2019re doing it. The 100 Black Men of South Florida is committed to doing this and sharing this with the entire community,\u201d said Pierre Rutledge, the organization\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHuman Library\u201d is held quarterly to continually highlight the works of those who\u2019ve paved the way to success for the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Several South Florida teens got up close and personal with a few of Miami\u2019s history-makers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-177525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}