The Shrinking Sands Of An African American Beach
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The Shrinking Sands Of An African American Beach
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Author : Annette McCollough Myers
language : en
Publisher: Giro Di Mondo
Release Date : 2021-05-28
The Shrinking Sands Of An African American Beach written by Annette McCollough Myers and has been published by Giro Di Mondo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach is about the preservation of Florida's historic American Beach on Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and focuses on saving and protecting the community's heritage. A must-read for anyone interested in African American history, this 3rd edition is a non-fiction account and a powerful memoir of the struggles and changing times of the author's 90-plus-year-old historical African American seaside community. During the segregation era, American Beach was a popular beach for African Americans on the east coast of Florida. Today, like other African American coastal communities, American Beach is in danger of disappearing. The community, listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, is the northernmost site of 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail.
White Sand Black Beach
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Author : Bush, Gregory W
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2016-07-20
White Sand Black Beach written by Bush, Gregory W and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-20 with History categories.
Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Hariette V. Moore Award Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction In May 1945, activists staged a “wade-in” at a whites-only beach in Miami, protesting the Jim Crow–era laws that denied blacks access to recreational waterfront areas. Pressured by protestors in this first postwar civil rights demonstration, the Dade County Commission ultimately designated the difficult-to-access Virginia Key as a beach for African Americans. The beach became vitally important to the community, offering a place to congregate with family and friends and to enjoy the natural wonders of the area. It was also a tangible victory in the continuing struggle for civil rights in public space. As Florida beaches were later desegregated, many viewed Virginia Key as symbolic of an oppressive past and ceased to patronize it. At the same time, white leaders responded to desegregation by decreasing attention to and funding for public spaces in general. The beach was largely ignored and eventually shut down. In White Sand Black Beach, historian and longtime Miami activist Gregory Bush recounts this unique story and the current state of the public waterfront in Miami. Recently environmentalists, community leaders, and civil rights activists have come together to revitalize the beach, and Bush highlights the potential to stimulate civic engagement in public planning processes. While local governments defer to booster and lobbying interests pushing for destination casinos and boat shows, Bush calls for a land ethic that connects people to the local environment. He seeks to shift the local political divisions beyond established interest groups and neoliberalism to a broader vision that simplifies human needs, and reconnects people to fundamental values such as health. A place of fellowship, relaxation, and interaction with nature, this beach, Bush argues, offers a common ground of hope for a better future.
An American Beach For African Americans
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Author : Marsha Dean Phelts
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2010-05-25
An American Beach For African Americans written by Marsha Dean Phelts and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-25 with History categories.
In the only complete history of Florida’s American Beach to date, Marsha Dean Phelts draws together personal interviews, photos, newspaper articles, memoirs, maps, and official documents to reconstruct the character and traditions of Amelia Island’s 200-acre African American community. In its heyday, when other beaches grudgingly provided only limited access, black vacationers traveled as many as 1,000 miles down the east coast of the United States and hundreds of miles along the Gulf coast to a beachfront that welcomed their business. Beginning in 1781 with the Samuel Harrison homestead on the southern end of Amelia Island, Phelts traces the birth of the community to General Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15, in which the Union granted many former Confederate coastal holdings, including Harrison’s property, to former slaves. She then follows the lineage of the first African American families known to have settled in the area to descendants remaining there today, including those of Zephaniah Kingsley and his wife, Anna Jai. Moving through the Jim Crow era, Phelts describes the development of American Beach’s predecessors in the early 1900s. Finally, she provides the fullest account to date of the life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln Lewis, the wealthy African American businessman who in 1935, as president of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, initiated the purchase and development of the tract of seashore known as American Beach. From Lewis’s arrival on the scene, Phelts follows the community’s sustained development and growth, highlighting landmarks like the Ocean-Vu-Inn and the Blue Palace and concluding with a stirring plea for the preservation of American Beach, which is currently threatened by encroaching development. In a narrative full of firsthand accounts and "old-timer" stories, Phelts, who has vacationed at American Beach since she was four and now lives there, frequently adopts the style of an oral historian to paint what is ultimately a personal and intimate portrait of a community rich in heritage and culture.
The American Beach Cookbook
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Author : Marsha Dean Phelts
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2023-03-15
The American Beach Cookbook written by Marsha Dean Phelts and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Cooking categories.
From its founding in 1935 to the present, trips to American Beach have meant good times, good friends, and great food. Located on Amelia Island in northeast Florida and established by the Pension Bureau of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, American Beach today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a beloved vacation destination as well as a year-round home for many African Americans. For The American Beach Cookbook, Marsha Dean Phelts has collected nearly 300 recipes passed down through generations. Over the years, many influences have found their way into the dishes and are represented here by everything from pig's feet to sweet potato pone and from smothered shrimp to bourbon slushes. Mouths will water at such treats as fried cheese grits, she-crab soup, seafood casserole, crab coated shrimp chops, cornbread dumplings, chicken curry, corn relish, pickled peaches, Big Mama's fruitcake, and much more. In addition to the recipes, readers will enjoy compelling vignettes that illustrate the heritage of people and potables, vintage photographs, and area maps that together tell one of the great stories of a unique community.
American Beach
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Author : Russ Rymer
language : en
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date : 2000-01-01
American Beach written by Russ Rymer and has been published by Harper Perennial this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Social Science categories.
A history of race relations in Florida focuses on the resort area founded by Florida's first Black millionaire
The Ninja Murders
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Author : Andrew B. Suhrer
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-02-25
The Ninja Murders written by Andrew B. Suhrer and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-25 with Fiction categories.
The Ninja Murders Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853 was one of history's defining moments. His visit ended over two-hundred years of self-imposed isolation and precipitated the fall of the Shogunate. It was also the moment that gave birth to Japanese ambitions to rule East Asia and the Western Pacific. America's desire to increase its international standing inadvertently opened a Pandora's Box that would lead to no less than five wars, including World War II. However, The Ninja Murders is not a history book. It's a novel of historical fiction. And as every fan of the genre knows, behind every great historical event, there is a hero deeply enmeshed in intrigue, danger and romance. Samurai, swords and sex! Another page-turner from Andrew Suhrer. Not only do we get a well-researched story, but an incredibly entertaining one at that. Praise for Andrew B. Suhrer's The Flying Dutchmen "Surreal, stunning, heartwarming and magnificent..." Maggie Carter de Vries, Author: Amelia's Secrets. "Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down." Annette Myers, Author: Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach. "A wonderfully researched and written book, a real page turner to the very end. I could not put it down, the characters literally jump off the page as each battle on the field and crisis in daily life was fought."
Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington D C
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Author : Patsy Mose Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12-07
Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington D C written by Patsy Mose Fletcher and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-07 with History categories.
From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families settled into quiet beach-side communities along the Western Shore of Maryland. Author and public historian Patsy M. Fletcher reveals the history behind Washington's forgotten era of African American leisure.
African Americans In Long Beach And Southern California A History
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Author : Claudine Burnett
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2021-03-09
African Americans In Long Beach And Southern California A History written by Claudine Burnett and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with Education categories.
Racial discrimination and unrest are intertwined with the history of Long Beach and Southern California in Ms. Burnett’s latest book. African Americans in Long Beach and Southern California begins in the 1800s and continues to 1970, reaching into later years to describe what that history has led to today. Ms. Burnett spent over five years researching recently digitized African American newspapers which has allowed her access to the black perspective on issues rarely written about in the white press or by other authors. Personal stories, legislation, Southland history and possible solutions to decades old problems are presented, making for an interesting and informative read. It is a unique work, sure to open the eyes of many.
The Heritage Of African Americans In Long Beach Over 100 Years
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Author : Indira Kaletucker
language : en
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Release Date : 2006
The Heritage Of African Americans In Long Beach Over 100 Years written by Indira Kaletucker and has been published by Infinity Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with African Americans categories.
The Big Sand Dune
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Author : Annette McCollough Myers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Big Sand Dune written by Annette McCollough Myers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with African Americans categories.