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Newtown and Leonard Reid
1914
Sarasota, Florida
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Sarasota's Black residents were pushed out of Overtown as the town centre grew, and Newtown was platted for them in 1914. Leonard Reid, who had come as a hotel porter and become a landowner and church founder, is the figure the neighbourhood traces itself to. Its residents desegregated Lido Beach with wade-ins in 1955, five years before the sit-in movement, and the city closed the beach rather than integrate it.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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