Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach

Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach
ISBN-10
1620067838
ISBN-13
9781620067833
Category
History
Pages
78
Language
English
Published
2017-11-17
Publisher
Sunbury Press, Incorporated
Author
Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks

Description

Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through the 1960s and the residents who lived on the Northside near the established Missouri Avenue Beach. Included are images, research, and oral interviews of Atlantic City residents. Despite racial division in America, Chicken Bone Beach functioned as an African-American resort attracting celebrities, civic leaders, and other races.

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