This group filed one of the first-ever anti-discrimination lawsuits in U.S. history. The efforts of Dr. Dunn and Dr. Mason would eventually prove fruitful as the courts struck down the beach ban in 1968.
In 2007, Dr. Mason released the book, Beaches, Blood, and Ballots: A Black Doctor’s Civil Rights Struggle, detailing much of what happened during the Biloxi Wade-Ins and highlighting some of his powerful allies in their fight for equality.
The book also serves as Dr. Mason’s memoir, in where he shares how he came to focus his energies on combating Jim Crow laws.
(Photo: Almanett Hotel)
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