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In 1890, Major Charles Douglass—Civil War hero and son of Frederick Douglass—was denied service at a whites-only restaurant on Chesapeake Bay. His response? He bought 40 acres of beachfront property next door and created America's first Black-owned resort town: Highland Beach, Maryland.
This is the untold story of how one act of racism sparked a real estate revolution. Highland Beach became home to Black senators, Supreme Court justices, civil rights legends, and cultural icons—from W.E.B. DuBois to Paul Robeson to Langston Hughes. The same beach that banned Black people became an exclusive Black paradise where Frederick Douglass's family built their legacy.
Learn how Charles Douglass legally outsmarted racist property covenants, how Highland Beach became Maryland's first incorporated Black municipality in 1922, and why this historic community still stands today as a monument to Black excellence and resistance.
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