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In 1912, African American couple Willa and Charles

In 1912, African American couple Willa and Charles Bruce purchased a beautiful three-acre piece of costal land in Southern California’s Manhattan Beach. It didn’t take long for Bruce’s Beach to become a seaside haven for Black people who were barred from whites-only beaches. But in 1924, responding to the racist outcry of the predominantly white Manhattan Beach, the city’s Board of Trustees illegally condemned the Bruce family property. At the time, they claimed the land had been seized in order to construct a public park — however, it took another three decades before the park was actually built.⁠
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Bruce’s Beach wasn’t returned to the ancestors of Willa and Charles until September 2021, after the California governor signed a law authorizing the return. And in June of this year, Los Angeles County agreed to an two-year lease with the Bruce family, making Bruce’s Beach only the second historically Black beach in the U.S. owned by African Americans. (The other is South Carolina’s Atlantic Beach, also known as “The Black Pearl.”) ⁠

As a wise corn kid once said "... but when I tried

As a wise corn kid once said "... but when I tried it with butter, everything changed!" 🤩 ⁠
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Check out the full recipe for our Grilled Corn with Harissa Honey Butter in the EATS section at www.earthincolor.co 🌽

Nicole Snell is an avid solo traveler, self-defens

Nicole Snell is an avid solo traveler, self-defense instructor, and general lover of all things outdoors. As Nicole explains it, "my meditation comes from being active, from walking, from hiking, from being outside, from letting my mind wander. I get excited about nature and new things. For me that is what safety means: it is the freedom, the independence, and the joy that I can have when I’m experiencing the outdoors alone." As the CEO of @girlsfightback, the founder of Outdoor Defense, and a hike leader for @blackgirlstrekkin, she's dedicated her life to helping others find joy and feel safe in their own outdoor adventures.Swipe through for more from Nicole, and read her entire Community Spotlight in the link in our bio 🏕🚴🏾🛶

Have you seen that new @kelela? 👀😮‍💨😍 The music video for her single "Washed Away" was shot in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia and we're obsessed. It's a must-watch!

Soak up the end of summer with our Strawberry Wate

Soak up the end of summer with our Strawberry Watermelon Cool-Me-Down, one of our summer EATS recipes. This easy-to-make drink is fresh and delicious—and a perfect way to use up the last of your watermelon. Visit the link in our bio for the full recipe 🍓🍉

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in our Stories. What’s inspiring you on this beautiful Sunday?Images from:
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@farmerjawnphilly
@blackarchives.co
@zebablay
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In 1922, nearly three decades after the Highland B

In 1922, nearly three decades after the Highland Beach resort was founded by Charles Douglass, the area was turned into the first African American incorporated municipality in Maryland’s history. Today, Highland Beach has around 80 homes owned by a mix of summer and year-round residents, many of whom are descendants of the original settlers.

Black beaches have historically been sites of racial division, but many of them—like Oak Bluffs Beach at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, Sag Harbor in New York, and the @gullahgeechee Islands in South Carolina—remain spaces of Black prosperity and cultural preservation to this day. To learn more, check out the piece 'How Black Beaches Were Developed to Combat Jim Crow Segregation' at earthincolor.co.

📸: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution.

We love seeing Black joy on the beach 🏄🏾‍♀️🏖
---Slide 1: photo of @Kelis reclining on rocks at the edge of the shoreSlide 2: photo of Octavia Butler standing on a beach while holding a small dogSlide 3: screencap from the film 'Moonlight' of Juan (Mahershala Ali) teaching Little (Alex Hibbert) to swimSlide 4: photo of @lizzobeeating kneeling in the water at the beachSlide 5: black & white photo from the 1950s of three young Black boys sitting in the sand at Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey (photo by John W. Mosley via Temple University Libraries @blackarchives.co)Slide 6: photo of Audre Lorde rowing a boat in the waterSlide 7: video of @solangeknowles posing on the beachSlide 8: photo of a group of Black surfers practicing on the beach (@ebonybeachclub)

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in our Stories. What’s inspiring you this summer weekend?Images from:
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@climateincolour
@cozy.spice
@micaiahcarter
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Have you ever spotted the same bird on the tree ou

Have you ever spotted the same bird on the tree outside your window every morning and wondered what it was? Or perhaps you just can't get this particular birdsong you keep hearing around the neighborhood out of your head? You might just be a budding birder!
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It's easy to begin birding, and we've collected a bunch of tips and tricks from some experienced Black birders to help you get started. Swipe through the carousel for some of our favorites, and check out all 22 tips in the full piece on our website 🦜

It's summertime, and so you know we outside 😎🏄🏾🏝🍹 To celebrate, we put together a whole collection of stories, recipes, and interviews — called the 'We Outside' collection — highlighting some of the many ways Black folks experience the joys of being in nature during the summer months.Whether you're looking to take a deep dive into the history of Black beaches and segregation or get a couple of delicious recipes for your next camping trip, we've got you covered! Learn how to get started birding with our 22 tips from experienced Black birders or get a little more comfortable in the outdoors with defense tips from one of our community spotlight subjects, Nicole Snell. These pieces explore the histories and current realities that attempt to exclude Black people from green spaces, while also affirming the many ways we’ve been making space for ourselves in the “great outdoors.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Visit the link in our bio to check out the entire 'We Outside' Collection!

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in our Stories. What’s inspiring you this Sunday?Images from:
@mikemajors
@opulentbria
@shootmejade
@askvash
@anishaspice via @cenas_sin_fronteras
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It's easy to get put off by outdoor activities tha

It's easy to get put off by outdoor activities that require loads of expensive equipment or training, but as birder Dara Wilson explains in her Community Spotlight, many ways of engaging with nature only require time, patience, and a pair of walking shoes 👣🚶🏾

"The first thing I learned to paint was a Florida

"The first thing I learned to paint was a Florida sunset," says contributing writer Dray Denson in a personal essay reflecting on the experience of being a Black Floridian. "My middle school art teacher rooted us in the style of the renowned Florida Highwaymen, a collective of Black Floridian painters who immortalized the natural beauty of our peninsula. He showed me how to remember the force of the wind wisping the clouds and bending the trees... how to begin with water and let the colors bleed, knowing they’d always be right.

At the time, and perhaps still, a Florida sky was the most beautiful thing I knew. It came in second only to the reverent brown faces who taught me how to worship it, resting on screened porches all down the road, calling me sweetheart and teaching me to enjoy the stillness, the spun gold, and amber of dusk."

Visit the "Featured Voices" section at earthincolor.co to read Dray's entire story 🌅📸: Talia Moore @taamooore

This summer's Radicle Sounds playlist is curated b

Want to spice up your grilled corn this summer? Lo

Want to spice up your grilled corn this summer? Looking for a crowd-pleaser for the cookout? Try our EATS recipe for grilled corn smothered in harissa honey butter, which adds a sweet and spicy kick to this already nearly-perfect side dish 🌽

Many people, including writer @sdirshe, experience

Many people, including writer @sdirshe, experience a particular kind of bliss while in the ocean 🌊 Whether you’re surfing a wave or just floating under the sun, what do you love about being in the water?

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in

Check out this week’s “Inspired By” recap in our Stories. What’s inspiring you this sunny summer Sunday?Images from:
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@blackarchives.co
@brianaking
@lucky_peters
@detroithives
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To celebrate the summer solstice, we've dropped al

To celebrate the summer solstice, we've dropped all new stories and recipes that bring us into the season ☀️ It's no secret that the past few months have been exhausting, so we are carving out space for us to relax, rejoice, and recreate all season long. Make your way over to our website www.earthincolor.co to explore the summer drop!

There’s less than a week left to submit a pitch!

There’s less than a week left to submit a pitch! The intentions guiding our stories for this fall are reclaim, relate, and resist. Visit the “Submissions” tab on our website with the link in our bio to learn more!

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