![]() Artists like Zora Neale Hurston and Ray Charles vacationed on its sunny shores. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy without being reminded they were second class citizens he called it American Beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach-most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only. Saving American Beach by Heidi Tyline King Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) This heartfelt picture book biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist and the legacy she preserved.
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