Amelia Island and American Beach
The only beach in America that African Americans were welcomed in the segregated South!
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American Beach, the only beach in Florida that welcomed black Americans and offered safe, secure overnight accommodations during Jim Crow segregation.
The firm’s Afro-American Pension Bureau purchased a 33-acre piece of property at the beach on nearby Amelia Island, partly as an investment but also to provide it as a resort area for black Floridians who had been excluded from other beaches.
Abraham Lincoln Lewis, the President of Afro-American Life, ironically named the area American Beach because he and others felt that in the United States beach access should be open to everyone. |
American Beach Infographic
Visit Amelia Island and American Beach with Mr. Mercer
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Learn more about A. L. Lewis and American Beach with a virtual audio tour of the American Beach Museum.
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