Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City’s Missouri Avenue Beach
by Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks
Publication Date: Nov 17, 2017
List Price: $9.99
Format: Paperback, 78 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781620067833
Imprint: Sunbury Press
Publisher: Sunbury Press
Parent Company: Sunbury Press, Inc.
Paperback 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.
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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