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Andrew W. Kahrl

Andrew W. Kahrl is associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. His first book, The Land Was Ours, received the Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians.

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American beaches used to be common property. Now access to many of them is controlled by wealthy whites.

Andrew W. Kahrl

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