Youth Responses to Discriminatory Practices
Youth Responses to Discriminatory Practices
The Free Beach Movement, 1970–1975
This chapter examines the Free Beach Movement which emerged in the context of dramatic economic and demographic changes in the U. S. Virgin Islands in the 1960s. Strongly influenced by the civil rights and Black Power movements on the United States mainland, this campaign made a significant contribution to the struggle against discrimination in the highly unequal context of the islands. While the campaign was mainly directed at the tourist industry, gaining access to the beaches had a broader symbolic significance and can be seen as part of wider struggles against the inequality and discrimination faced by Virgin Islanders in the face of radical transformations that left them feeling marginalized in their own land.
Keywords: Free Beach, U.S. Virgin Islands, Civil rights, Black Power, Discrimination, Tourist industry
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