Dr. Marvin Dunn

A former naval officer, a renowned historian, an expert on race and ethnic issues and a community advocate, Dr. Marvin Dunn has dedicated his career to preserving and sharing Florida’s Black history. He is professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University, retiring as Chairperson of that Department. He authored Black Miami in the Twentieth Century and A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes. He also co-authored The Miami Riot of 1980: Crossing the Bounds and is the producer and director of three documentary films. Dr. Dunn founded Roots in the City, an urban gardening program and founded the Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education, a public high school for at-risk students in Miami. In 2021, Dr. Dunn founded the Miami Center for Racial Justice. The Center focuses on preserving and telling the stories of racial violence in Florida and works for racial reconciliation and healing.