Dr. Marvin Dunn taught in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University for thirty-four years, retiring as chairman of the department in 2006. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He co-authored The Miami Riot of 1980: Crossing the Bounds, with Bruce Porter and authored Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (1997), The Beast in Florida: A History of Anti-Black Violence (2012) and A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes (2016). He has directe three documentary films: Black Seminoles in the Bahamas: The Red Bays Story; Murder on the Suwannee River: The Willie James Howard Story and Uncovering Rosewood. Dr. Dunn has appeared on numerous national television broadcasts and has been published in major newspapers throughout the country. He is a nationally respected scholar in race and ethnic relations.