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After three Brunswick women were jailed in the 1940s for wading into a whites-only ocean, local Black leaders won a foothold here. By 1955 St. Andrews became Georgia's only public beach open to African Americans until integration in 1964.
Historical Marker
Beach Access
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About this site
Beach Access is a historical marker in Jekyll Island, Glynn County, erected in 2016. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.0163, -81.4262 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Dolphin Motor Hotel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Beach Pavilion, St. Andrews Beach, and Separate But Equal?.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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