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Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America’s Most Exclusive Shoreline
ISBN-13:
9780300215144
ISBN-10:
0300215142
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Andrew W. Kahrl
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
376 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780300215144
ISBN-10:
0300215142
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Andrew W. Kahrl
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
376 pages
Summary
Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America’s Most Exclusive Shoreline (ISBN-13: 9780300215144 and ISBN-10: 0300215142), written by authors
Andrew W. Kahrl, was published by Yale University Press in 2018.
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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.
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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