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Two studies – one spotlighting segregation at national parks in Virginia from 1916-1965 and the other showcasing where African Americans recreated from the late 19th through the early 21st century—are setting the stage for new national historic landmark designations, listings on the National Register of Historic Places, and opportunities for national parks to be more candid
The North Florida Land Trust announced the purchase of three plots of land that are part of the Little NaNa Dune system.
Little Nana Dune in historic Black community saved for conservation The North Florida Land Trust announced the purchase of three plots of land that are part of the Little NaNa Dune system. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 6:32 PM EST January 18, 2021 Updated: 7:21 PM EST January 18, 2021 NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — People are uniting to save a dune in a historic Black community. The NaNa Dune System in Nassau County is the tallest on Florida’s coastline. It overlooks a beach that was one of few stretches of ocean that welcomed Blac...
One year ago, surfer Gigi Lucas stood for the first time in the soft, warm sands of NaNa Dune outside of Jacksonville and experienced a rare feeling: a sense of privilege as a dark-skinned Black woman. Lucas, an athletic beauty with an enviable crown of dreadlocks, is acutely aware that the surfing lifestyle she adopted as an African-American woman wouldn't have been possible only a few decades prior. "Overwhelming gratitude" swept over her on American Beach, which contains a history lost to the larger world and even to some in her own community. The 33-acre stretch of shoreline was purchase...
NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST The nonprofit North Florida Land Trust has contracted to buy and preserve three parcels of land in historic American Beach in Nassau County. To protect the land from development, the North Florida Land Trust is asking donors to help fund its $1.3 million purchase. The trust says preserving the land that makes up part of the Little NaNa Dune system will protect its natural beauty and wildlife habitat. Little NaNa Dune is part of the dune system on Amelia Island that includes NaNa Dune, which is the tallest dune in the state and is owned by the National Park Service...