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These are images of American Beach, Florida.
American Beach was established in 1933
as a benefit for employees of the
Afro-American Life Insurance Company. Until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it was
one
of the few beaches in the Southeast that were open to African Americans.
American Beach is on Amelia Island, on the Atlantic Coast of northeastern Florida.