[PDF.65kn] The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South

The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South

[PDF.ye86] The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South

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 | #516104 in Books |  2016-08-01 | Original language:English |  9.15 x.98 x6.13l,.0 | File type: PDF | 374 pages

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||15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| Unrevised History|By J.B.|This is an accurate historical treatise on the role beachfront property played in the black community's quest for summer leisure pleasures in America's era of public segregation. The book shows how the land originally came into the possession of black families and the circumstances under which the land came into the possession of white sectors of soc| |[A] heartbreaking and hugely important study.--Beryl Satter, author of Family Properties||

The Land Was Ours reminds us that in the Sunbelt South, the rise and fall of Jim Crow, the struggle for civil rights, and the exploitation of ec

The coasts of today's American South feature luxury condominiums, resorts, and gated communities, yet just a century ago, a surprising amount of beachfront property in the Chesapeake, along the Carolina shores, and around the Gulf of Mexico was owned and populated by African Americans. Blending social and environmental history, Andrew W. Kahrl tells the story of African American–owned beaches in the twentieth century. By reconstructing African American life along t...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Land Was Ours: How Black Beaches Became White Wealth in the Coastal South   |  Andrew W. Kahrl. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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