The five-acre Elktonia-Carr’s Beach Heritage Park is the last remnant of a 180-acre property purchased by freedman Frederick Carr in 1902. Visitors can follow a quarter-mile interpretive walking path to the beach from the Annapolis Maritime Museum Park. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Vincent Leggett, founder and president of the Blacks of the Chesapeake, attends a signing ceremony at the park in 2022. “These beaches had no signs that read white only, that read colored only," Leggett said. "The only sign I remember seeing was welcome." (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)In 2024, an additional 0.67-acre property was added to the park. The cottage on the property belonged to Parlett L. Moore, an educator and former president of Coppin State University. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
The park has an unobstructed view of the Bay Bridge, about five miles away. On a clear day, you might see ospreys scanning the bay for fish or boats coming in and out of the harbor. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Sandy Point was a favorite destination for my family as a child in the 1950s. After we'd pay the admission fee for our car the guy in the booth would signal to the left. It was for the black side of the beach. It didn't dawn on me until I grew up it meant the Black side of the beach, although we had so much fun at the beach , playing until we packed up and returned back home in Washington it was segregated. That's ok because we had so much fun at the beach, running and kicking sand and getting stung by the jellyfish in the water.
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Sandy Point was a favorite destination for my family as a child in the 1950s. After we'd pay the admission fee for our car the guy in the booth would signal to the left. It was for the black side of the beach. It didn't dawn on me until I grew up it meant the Black side of the beach, although we had so much fun at the beach , playing until we packed up and returned back home in Washington it was segregated. That's ok because we had so much fun at the beach, running and kicking sand and getting stung by the jellyfish in the water.
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