About Us
Our history
Our history
Our history
Our Service
Our history
Our history
Our staff
Our history
Our staff
Our History
The Curtis Foundation Corporation is an historic preservation organization that was founded in 2021 by the late Dr. Enid Curtis Pinkney, a native Miamian and noted South Florida historian and historic preservationist. The Foundation is named in honor of her parents, the late Bishop Henry Curtis of Port Howe, Cat Island, Bahamas and his wife, the late sister Lenora Curtis of Rokers Point, Exuma Bahamas, who were pioneer Miamians. The Foundation is a tax-exempt, 501c3 historic preservation organization that celebrates and preserves Miami’s early history (especially that of African Americans). The Curtis Foundation was specifically created for the purpose of providing job opportunities, education and historic preservation services the community, as well as studies of humanities and charitable deeds to the less fortunate within the community.
Our Service
Recent activities undertaken by the Curtis Foundation include the following:
- Street Naming ceremonies for noted pioneers including: A.C. Lightbourne, Margaret Mackey, and Dr. Ira P. Davis. Others are in progress.
- Initiation of the Miami Incorporation Monuments Project: A monument which will showcase the names of all of the incorporators of the City of Miami of which 44 percent (162) of the 368 incorporators were black.
- The Bahamian Historic Preservation Connections Project in partnership with the University of the Bahamas Oral and Public History Institute.
- The Annual Bahamian Independence Day Celebration
Our Staff
Board of Directors:
Chair of the Board: Dr. Enid C. Pinkney (through July 18, 2024)
Vice Chair of the Board: Gary Allen
Secretary: LaChanze Thomas
Treasurer: Annette Brantley
Board Member: Joe Riley
Board Member: Ruban Roberts
Board Member: Joanne Rosen
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