Title:
White sand black beach : civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key
Author:
Publication Information:
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Physical Description:
xiii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-326) and index.
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.
Abstract:
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.
Electronic Access:
EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1087645
