White sand black beach, civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key, Gregory W. Bush
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White sand black beach, civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key, Gregory W. Bush
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-326) and index
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non fiction
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White sand black beach
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Gregory W. Bush
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civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key
Summary
Combining archival research and oral history, Bush examines Virginia Key Beach as a window into local activism and forms of black-white dialogue in multicultural Miami from 1915 to 2012
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The struggle for the civil right to public space in Miami -- Wade-in: Lawson Thomas and the potent combination of direct action and negotiation -- Beyond colored town: the changing boundaries of race relations and African American community life in Miami, 1896-1945 -- Island pleasures: memories of African American life at Virginia Key Beach -- The shifting sands of civil rights in southeast Florida, 1945-1976 -- Public land by the sea: developing Virginia Key, 1945-1976 -- The erosion of a "world-class" urban paradise: tourism, the environmental movement, and planning related to Virginia Key Beach, 1982-1998 -- Forging our civil right to public space, 1999-2015 -- Afterword: The real Miami; better than a theme park
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