Bibliograph

White sand black beach, civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key, Gregory W. Bush

Type

Label

White sand black beach, civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key, Gregory W. Bush

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-326) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

White sand black beach

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

914290361

Responsibility statement

Gregory W. Bush

Sub title

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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