White Sand Black Beach: Civil Rights, Public Space, and Miami’s Virginia Key

Synopsis

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. 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. Gregory W. Bush. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 259-326) And Index.