Connolly Graham, DeAnne interview

Material Information

Title:: Connolly Graham, DeAnne interview
Series Title:: Miami Beach Visual Memoir
Alternate Title:: DeAnne Connolly Graham interview Miami Beach Visual Memoir
Creator:: Miami Design Preservation League
Close-Up Productions
Publisher:: Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority (MBVCA)
Publication Date:: 2022-04-19
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 00:25:23

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
African Americans--Florida--History--Miami--20th Century
Race relations--United States--Florida--Miami Beach
Florida--Miami Beach
Spatial Coverage:: Florida--Miami Beach

Scope and Content:: DeAnne Connolly Graham is a member of the Miami Beach Black Advisory Committee and has been an active member of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce for decades. Ms. Graham talks about the challenges Miami Beach has had with “high impact weekends,” when Miami Beach is overwhelmed with sheer numbers of out-of-town tourists and how the Committee is working with city officials to remediate the situation. She is involved in the advancement of women in business, especially women of color. She discusses the challenges of dealing with racism and the differences in perspective of mixed race people, especially those from the Caribbean, whose racial experiences are quite different from American Blacks. She tells about “passing” as White as a child up north and being kicked out of her close friend’s home when her father discovered she was “Black.” She talks about her involvement in helping victims of domestic abuse. ( en )