This heartfelt picture book Biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of Mavynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned Environmentalist and the legacy she preserved.
Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy without being rem.
But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn\'t just go to any beach--most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only.
Mavynee loved going to the beach.
This heartfelt picture book Biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of Mavynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned Environmentalist and the legacy she preserved