Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C.
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Patsy Mose Fletcher | ISBN: | 9781625856258 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | December 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Patsy Mose Fletcher |
| ISBN: | 9781625856258 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | December 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families settled into quiet beach-side communities along the Western Shore of Maryland. Author and public historian Patsy M. Fletcher reveals the history behind Washington's forgotten era of African American leisure.
From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families settled into quiet beach-side communities along the Western Shore of Maryland. Author and public historian Patsy M. Fletcher reveals the history behind Washington's forgotten era of African American leisure.
