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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 Black families throughout segregation and the Jim Crow era. Little NaNa Dune, once a part of that dune system, was on the chopping block. Conservation groups are uniting to save the dune. ....
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 purchased by Florida s first Black millionaire, A.L. Lewis, in 1935 to provide beach access to Black residents at a time when many beaches were deemed white-only. He advertised it as recreation without humiliation. ....
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. ....