American Beach and Money Beach (Bayou) were two beaches opened to Blacks during the period of segregation. American Beach in Jacksonville, Florida was founded in 1935 as a summer haven for Blacks by Abraham Lincoln Lewis, the first black millionaire in the state of Florida. Money Bayou, located in Port St. Joe, Florida, was established later in 1951 when Daman Peters and Raymond Driesbarch purchased the land. The collection is made up of historical facts on Black Beaches; the histories of both American Beach and Money Beach are included. There are newspaper clippings, copies of deeds, postcards, touring information, obsequies of the late Damon P. Peters, Sr., and photographs.
