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Chicken Bone Beach: A Pictorial History of Atlantic City's Missouri Avenue Beach

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Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through the 1960s and the residents who lived on the Northside near the established Missouri Avenue Beach. Included are images, research, and oral interviews of Atlantic City residents. Despite racial division in America, Chicken Bone Beach functioned as an African-American resort attracting celebrities, civic leaders, and other races.

76 pages, Paperback

Published November 17, 2017

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December 9, 2018
Bring Back Chicken Bone Beach

This excerpt gave a clear presentation of the stories my parents told about their days when they used to go to Chicken Bone Beach.

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