The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to

The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South

A century ago a surprising amount of southern beachfront property was owned and populated by African Americans. In a path-breaking combination of social and environmental history, Kahrl shows how the rise and fall of Jim Crow and the growing prosperity of the Sunbelt have transformed both communities and ecosystems along the southern coastline.

The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South