by WangTabitha | Apr 16, 2014 | African American History, Places
“Image Ownership: Robm154 (CC BY-SA 3.0)” Rock Rest was a resort near Kittery Point, Maine, that was open to African Americans during much of the 20th Century. Clayton Sinclair and his wife, Hazel, purchased a house on the small cape off Maine Route 103...
by BroussardAlbert | Apr 14, 2014 | African American History, Places
Atlantic Beach, South Carolina was one of the last all-black resorts to be developed along the Atlantic Coast. Formed two years after the 1964 Civil Rights Act opened beach resorts to all visitors regardless of race, Atlantic Beach never had the opportunity afforded...
by BroussardAlbert | Mar 9, 2014 | African American History, Places
Chowan Beach was an African American playground founded in 1926 when Eli Reid of Winton, in Hertford County, North Carolina, converted an abandoned fishing beach along the Chowan River into a family-oriented resort for African Americans. The area was originally...
by BroussardAlbert | Mar 9, 2014 | African American History, Places
Freeman Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina, was one of two North Carolina beaches available to African Americans in the state during the Jim Crow era. The beach area, originally 99 acres of underdeveloped beachfront land near Myrtle Grove Sound, was acquired by...
by BroussardAlbert | Mar 9, 2014 | African American History, Places
Buckroe Beach is one of the oldest recreational regions in Virginia. In 1619, the “Buck Roe” plantation was designated for public use for the newly arrived English settlers sent by the Virginia Company of London. By 1637, however, the plantation was converted into a...
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