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In honor of Black History Month, today we highlight the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park and its place as a landmark for the African American community in Miami during the Civil Rights movement.
The story begins in 1945 during segregation in the United States when African Americans had zero access to any of Dade County’s beaches. In May of that year, 6 black individuals walked into the water at Haulover Beach Park, a then whites only beach, holding a “wade-in” protest. The wade-in was a breaking point for racial tensions in Miami and led to a meeting between county commissioners and African American leaders to designate Virginia Key Beach as the first “colored-only” beach in Dade-County. African Americans in Miami finally had a beach to call their own.
Although the beach remained segregated throughout the 1950’s, many new Caribbean, South American and Cuban immigrants found Virginia Key Beach to be either the only beach they could visit or the beach they preferred.
In 1982 the City of Miami closed Virginia Key Beach Park, citing the high cost of maintenance and operations but in February of 2008, the park re-opened to the public because of the countless efforts by the Virginia Key Beach Park Civil Rights Task Force and the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust.
Today, the park has been designated as the site for Miami-Dade County’s first African American museum.
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