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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C.

Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C.

Fletcher, Patsy Mose

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Series: American Heritage

Black American HistoryRegional: Middle Atlantic

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ISBN10: 1467118672
ISBN13: 9781467118675
Publisher: History Press
Published: Dec 7 2015
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families settled into quiet beach-side communities along the Western Shore of Maryland. Author and public historian Patsy M. Fletcher reveals the history behind Washington's forgotten era of African American leisure.

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