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June 30, 2023
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Like the fourth and fifth chords of a jazz standard, the Ocean City Beach community has slowly seen itself diminished over the last few…
June 13, 2022
In July, Ocean City will be honored with a historical marker from the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the N.C. African American Heritage Commission.
June 12, 2022
TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — In the 1950s, Carla Torrey spent her childhood summers watching her father build houses on Topsail Island and other structures like the Wade Chestnut Memorial
June 12, 2022
In the 1950s, a stretch on Topsail Island was known as Ocean City, a place where Black people could enjoy the beach without harassment. It was created as a vacation haven in the late 1940s for Black people and the only place they could purchase oceanfront property.
June 3, 2022
N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the N.C. African American Heritage to present historical marker during Ocean City Jazz Festival.