Here's an interview with Philip May of the Ocean Grove Historical
Society from the oral history project of Monmouth County
http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/MayPhilip.htm
although he doesn't give a timeframe, it's in the same context as
the '64 Act.
"...The Civil Rights Act passed. So you had all three branches
working on this, but that didn't mean the people wanted to
integrate. So then came the fight. You had the laws and the books,
but then you had the fight for the integration. And that created the
riots, and sit-ins, and wade ins. The beach between Asbury Park and
in Ocean Grove is not a common beach. I think it belongs to Asbury,
I'm not really quite sure, but there's a beach at the end of Wesley
Lake, that was a "Black beach," that's where blacks could swim. But
that's also where the sewers emptied into. With the civil rights
movement there were many, many new ideas and laws, and of course,
they triggered the riots."
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave: Like most others around here, I have looked at thousands of
> photos of AP. Anyone have any photos showing a "Blacks Only"
> or "Whites Only" sign on the beach from the 50's? If there was
one
> on every beach, I imaging there must be some pictures.
>
> Must say by the time I was there (born 63) there certainly weren't
> any. Civil Rights Act of 1964, perhaps?
>
>
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