Topsail Magazine Summer 2021 Isuue

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THE LASTING LEGACY OF

O C E A N C I T Y

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Developed amidst segregation in the 1940s, Ocean City Beach was a community on Topsail Island where Blacks could enjoy home ownership and life on the oceanfront. BY PAT FONTANA PHOTOS COURTESY OF OCEAN CITY BEACH CITIZENS COUNCIL


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