One of those beaches is American Beach on Amelia Island. There is a good chance, many of the people who visit, don’t know the storied history of what was once one of the only Black beaches in ...

president of the Afro-American Life Insurance Co. and Florida's first Black millionaire, founded American Beach on Amelia Island. He bought it to give Blacks, who were banned from most beaches ...

The exhibit “Black ... African American Museum includes photos of early 20th century African Americans doing what’s natural in Southern California: relaxing on a sandy beach.

Get a closer look at the history of Bruce’s Beach through ... African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era,” curated the exhibit, “Black California Dreamin’: Claiming Space ...