Transcription of interview with Enid Pickney, Director of the Historic Hampton House and Vice Chair of the of the Virginia Key Beach Trust
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Material Information

Title:
Transcription of interview with Enid Pickney, Director of the Historic Hampton House and Vice Chair of the of the Virginia Key Beach Trust
Creator:
Maureen Thompson
Publication Date:

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Virginia Key Beach Park (Miami, Fla.)
History
Overtown (Miami, Fla.)
Segregation
Genre:
Text
Coordinates:
25.735959 x -80.155953

Notes

General Note:
Pickney reflects on task force that deemed Virginia Key Beach 'the colored beach', an affordable place for people of color to get together, and the Virginia Beach Task Force which would later become the Virginia Key Beach Trust. She dwells on the importance of the park to religious organizations, baptizing in the water. She also mentions Dr. Greg Bush.

Record Information

Source Institution:
Virginia Key Beach Park Trust
Holding Location:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FIVK047157

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Aggregations:
Virginia Key Beach Park Trust