Remembering courage not to be forgotten: May 19, 1945

Portrait of a smiling man in a suit.

A group of seven African Americans defied Jim Crow laws by wading into the ocean at Haulover Beach, a future county park, in May 1945. This act of defiance was particularly significant given the prevailing racial tensions and the ongoing Double V Campaign.

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Historic Virginia Key Beach Park poster illustration.