Vice-Chair of Trust speaks at meeting
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Title:
Vice-Chair of Trust speaks at meeting

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Virginia Key Beach Park (Miami, Fla.) ( lcsh )
Range, Athalie, 1916-2006
Genre:
Photographs
Coordinates:
25.735959 x -80.155953

Notes

Abstract:
Gene Tinnie, (Vice-Chair at this point in time) speaks to other members at a meeting. To his left is Athalie Range, founding chair of the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust. She was a prominent miami civil right activist and politician. Historic Virginia Key Beach Park (named Virginia Beach at the time) 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:
Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
Holding Location:
Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:
FIVK000362

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Virginia Key Beach Park Trust