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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:11:00

This shoreline opened in 1945 because Black Miamians staged a wade-in and refused to leave the water. Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, at 4020 Virginia Beach Drive on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, is an 82-acre beach park, civil-rights landmark and outdoor event ground - once the only beach in segregated Miami-Dade County open to African Americans. The park was born on 1 August 1945, months after protesters challenged whites-only Baker's Haulover; the county designated Virginia Key a "colored ...