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VIDEO:  Chicken Bone Beach
 
 
New Jerseyans gather @ Chicken Bone Beach, the historical land site in Atlantic City, NJ where African-Americans were socially restricted in the 1900s-1950s because of segregation.
by  SiaNyorkor_NJ  on Jul 17,2008
 
 
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Tags: New Jersey  Choose Or Lose  Street Team '08  Sia Nyorkor  segregation  Jazz  Atlantic City  African-Americans  Black Heritage  Boardwalk  Chicken Bone Beach  Historical Foundation  Historical Land Site  Missouri Avenue  www.chickenbonebeach.org 
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jillsulgrove 34 days ago
Great video with extremely important history discussed here.

On another note...I wish Idaho cities and towns would get with it and have some sweet street entertainment like Missouri Ave. does.
Re: SiaNyorkor_NJ 24 days ago
i hear you on that! thanks for watching!
Jaime_McLeod 33 days ago
Nice work, Sia. Congrats!
EricaAmerica 33 days ago
chicken bone beach, kind of makes me hungry. ;) nice video.
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