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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Florida -- Miami. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights. |
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Virginia Key (Miami, Fla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Miami (Fla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bush, Gregory Wallace. White sand, black beach. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016] 9780813062648 (DLC) 2016015363 (OCoLC)914290361 |
| ISBN |
9780813055831 electronic book |
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0813055830 electronic book |
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9780813062648 |
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0813062640 |
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