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

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bush, Gregory Wallace (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Civil rights.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > African American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Noirs americains > Droits > Floride > Miami > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights > Florida > Miami > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Florida > Miami > History > 20th century.
Florida > Miami > Virginia Key.
Florida > Miami.
Miami (Fla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Virginia Key (Miami, Fla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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