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An area in the DMV known as Chesapeake Bay is home to multiple beaches along its shorelines. During the Jim Crow Era when segregation ran deep, the Black community wasn’t welcome to enjoy the sandy shores, according to CBS News.
OPINION: Lack of planning on the part of the City of Annapolis in Maryland has put residents in significant danger should an emergency arise.
Highland Beach is a unique place in the sun on the Chesapeake Bay. Located near the tip of the Annapolis Neck peninsula, it was founded as a summer resort community exclusively for African Americans in 1893.
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Letters to the editor of the Capital Gazette
Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.