Teacher's Beach - Hammocks Beach State Park, Near Swansboro, North Carolina

Known as Black Teacher's Beach because of enforced segregation laws Hammocks Beach was one of the few beaches accessible to Black people in North Carolina in the 1950s and early-1960s.

Photograph: circa 1970, this man enjoys a day of fishing at Hammocks Beach State Park, near Swansboro, North Carolina.
Image is courtesy of North Carolina State Parks and Recreation

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