Pinkney, Enid interview

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Miami -- History
African Americans -- Florida -- Miami -- Social conditions
Genre:: Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:: North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:: 25.7802788 x -80.1303466

Scope and Content:: Enid C. Pinkney was born in Overtown in 1931. She has been a leader in historic preservation, has written a book on the Hampton House, and has been instrumental in saving many Miami landmarks. Her father immigrated to Miami from the Bahamas, and worked for a prominent hotelier family in Miami Beach. Dr. Pinkney speaks of interactions her family had with the police on Miami Beach, segregation in Miami, and being aware of discrimination as a child.
General Note:: (Location) 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL