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Highland Beach: A Historic Family Refuge During Segregation

Presented by Audrey Davis

Learn about Highland Beach, Maryland - a historically black beach community along the Chesapeake Bay that was founded by the son of Frederick Douglass.

Highland Beach, Maryland, is a historically black beach community founded in 1893 by Charles Douglass, son of Frederick Douglass. Audrey Davis, whose grandfather bought a house there in the 1940s, will discuss the history of Highland Beach, and the special bond of the families who still live there. Ms. Davis is the Director of Alexandria's Black History Museum. 

*Image courtesy National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Local History | Diversity | All Alexandria Reads |

TAGS: | holiday | History | heritage | family | diversity | civil rights | all alexandria reads | african american history |

Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
jcahill@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1703
Fax: 703.746.1708
Branch manager
James Cahill
Hours
Mon, Jun 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jun 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jun 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 27 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 28 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 29 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Parking: No library parking lot.  Street parking is available.  A paid parking lot is available on the 100 block of North Alfred Street. 

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1 mile) and King Street Stations (1.1 miles). 
  • Metrobus: 10A/B, 11C
  • DASH Bus: 30, 31, Old Town Circulator
  • King Street Trolley:  King & Columbus

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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