White sand, black beach : civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key / Gregory W. Bush.
2016
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Title
White sand, black beach : civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key / Gregory W. Bush.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Description
1 online resource
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Title from PDF title page (viewed 06 October 2016)
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WWW
Available in Other Form
Print version: Bush, Gregory Wallace. White sand, black beach. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780813055831 electronic book
0813055830 electronic book
9780813062648
0813062640
0813055830 electronic book
9780813062648
0813062640
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