White sand, black beach : civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key / by Bush, Gregory Wallace

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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White sand, black beach : civil rights, public space, and Miami's Virginia Key / by Bush, Gregory Wallace

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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