Children sitting on picnic benches

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FIVK000056/00001

Material Information

Title:

Children sitting on picnic benches

Publication Date:

1952-05-28

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Virginia Key Beach Park (Miami, Fla.) ( icsh )
African American children ( lcsh )

Genre:

Photographs

Coordinates:

25.735959 x -80.155953

Notes

Abstract:

Children sit on picnic benches at Virginia Key Beach. The park was opened in 1945 and was known as "the colored beach" during the era of racial segregation in the South. The park was closed in 1982 due to high maintenance and operating costs and the park subsequently fell into disrepair. In 1999, a group of citizens formed the Virginia Key Beach Park Task Force to resurrect and restore this historic site. ( en )

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

Virginia Key Beach Park Trust

Rights Management:

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Resource Identifier:

FIVK000056

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

Virginia Key Beach Park Trust