The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach

The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach is about the preservation of Florida's historic American Beach on Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and focuses on saving and protecting the community's heritage. A must-read for anyone interested in African American history, this 3rd edition is a non-fiction account and a powerful memoir of the struggles and changing times of the author's 90-plus-year-old historical African American seaside community. During the segregation era, American Beach was a popular beach for African Americans on the east coast of Florida. Today, like other African American coastal communities, American Beach is in danger of disappearing.

The community, listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, is the northernmost site of 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail.

ISBN-13: 9780999051481

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Giro Di Mondo

Publication Date: 10-27-2021

Pages: 180

Product Dimensions: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

Myers, Annette McCollough: - Annette McCollough Myers is a Fernandina Beach, Florida, native. She is a retired educator, community activist and author. Her career has included teaching in the educational system on various levels, high school guidance counselor, grant writing, consulting, mortuary services, and journalism. Annette earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida, Master of Science degree from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, and her Educational Specialist degree from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the mother of son Donald (wife-Dedria) Myers, and foster daughter, Alria Wilson Mundy. In October 2010, a proud grandmother welcomed her first grandchild, Delaney Ann Myers, into the McCollough-Myers ancestry. When time permits, the author travels between Fernandina Beach, Miami, Savannah, Georgia, and Gary, Indiana.