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The story of our separate and unequal America in the making, and one man's fight against it During the long, hot summers of the late 1960s and 1970s, one man began a campaign to open some of America's most exclusive beaches to minorities and the urban poor. That man was anti-poverty activist and one-time presidential candidate Ned Coll of Connecticut, a state that permitted public access to a mere seven miles of its 253-mile shoreline. Nearly all of the state's coast was held privately, for the most part by white, wealthy residents. This book is the first to tell the story of the controversial protester who gathered a band of determined African American mothers and children and challenged the racist, exclusionary tactics of homeowners in a state synonymous with liberalism. Coll's legacy of remarkable successes--and failures--illuminates how our nation's fragile coasts have not only become more exclusive in subsequent decades but also have suffered greater environmental destruction and erosion as a result of that private ownership.

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  • Title Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America's Most Exclusive Shoreline
  • Author Andrew W. Kahrl
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 376
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780300215144 / 0300215142
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Connecticut
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects Coll, Ned, African Americans - Land tenure -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017952545
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.308

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2018, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2018, Page 96

About the author

Andrew W. Kahrl is associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. His first book, The Land Was Ours, received the Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians.
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