Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch

Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee BetschPUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers This heartfelt picture book biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist and the legacy she preserved. MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only. Knowing something must be done, her

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