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Kendrick Meek: “I rise with great pride, Mr. Speaker, and in strong support of H.R. 2109, my bill to authorize the Secretary of the…”

On the recordApril 30, 2002
I rise with great pride, Mr. Speaker, and in strong support of H.R. 2109, my bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key Beach in Miami, Florida, for its possible inclusion in the National Park System. Mr. Speaker, Virginia Key Beach is a historically important and environmentally significant place, worthy of being preserved and studied for its inclusion in the National Park System. Virginia Key was the only beach in Miami where African Americans could go to swim in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. It was called 'Virginia Key Beach at that time, a Dade County Park for the exclusive use of Negros.' It opened on August 1, 1945. Until that time, Miami's beaches had been reserved for whites only.
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Kendrick Meek
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Supporting H.R. 2109 to study Virginia Key Beach for inclusion in the National Park System.

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