This is a proposal from 1961 for there to be a luxury hotel/convention center for people of color and other racial groups. The island of Virginia Key was the perfect candidate as it was
" sufficiently isolated to permit the creation of unique identity"
Citation: 1 Title: Report on "the Colonnades": proposed recreation and convention center
Print Source: Report on "the Colonnades": proposed recreation and convention center Miami (Fla.) 1 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. The City Miami, FL 1961 Digitized from original source held at Florida International University Libraries
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