New York Times article on American Beach (Fla.), 1998
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Title
New York Times article on American Beach (Fla.), 1998
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Type
Text
Creator
Navarro, Mireya (Author)
New York Times Company (Publisher)
Date
1998-04-06
Description
A copy of a New York Times article on American Beach (Fla.) which appeared in print on April 6, 1998, Section A, Page 14 of the National edition with the headline: Fernandina Beach Journal; A Black Beach Town Fights to Preserve Its History. The first page contains a picture of MaVynee Betsch, the great-grandaughter of American Beach founder, Abraham Lincoln Lewis. The rest of the article goes into detail about the environmental and economic threats to the Beach community, as well as Betsch's efforts to preserve it.
Genre
Newspapers
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-BBC-B003-F002-I001
Topics
Beaches
African American heritage
African Americans--History
African American Pastimes
Betsch, MaVynee, 1935-2005
Lewis, A. L. (Abraham Lincoln), 1865-1947
New York times
Historic preservation
Physical Location
Black Beaches Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.