The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach - Myers, Annette McCollough
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The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach is about the preservation of Florida's historic American Beach on Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and focuses on saving and protecting the community's heritage. A must-read for anyone interested in African American history, this 3rd edition is a non-fiction account and a powerful memoir of the struggles and changing times of the author's 90-plus-year-old historical African American seaside community. During the segregation era, American Beach was a popular beach for African Americans on the east coast of Florida. Today, like other…mehr

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The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach is about the preservation of Florida's historic American Beach on Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and focuses on saving and protecting the community's heritage. A must-read for anyone interested in African American history, this 3rd edition is a non-fiction account and a powerful memoir of the struggles and changing times of the author's 90-plus-year-old historical African American seaside community. During the segregation era, American Beach was a popular beach for African Americans on the east coast of Florida. Today, like other African American coastal communities, American Beach is in danger of disappearing. The community, listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, is the northernmost site of 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail.
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Annette Myers is a National Indie Excellence Award winning author. She is a Fernandina Beach, Florida, native, community activist, and a retired Nassau County educator. She has taught in the public school system of Florida on various levels, including Florida State College of Jacksonville. Since retirement, she has published three non-fiction books about historic American Beach. American Beach lies on the south end of Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach. Annette is well-traveled in and out of the United States. Her home is American Beach, in northeast Florida, where she is a long-time property owner and the owner of Martha's hideaway. Her home, Martha's Hideaway, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places October 12, 2001. Annette earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida A. & M. University in Tallahassee, Florida, Master of Science degree from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, and her Educational Specialist degree from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the proud mother of son Donald Myers (wife Dedria), grandchild Delaney Ann Myers and foster daughter Alria Wilson Mundy.