Podcast #3: Crossing the Bridge: Black Labor Built This Paradise

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Podcast #3: Crossing the Bridge: Black Labor Built This Paradise

From housekeepers to college graduates, three generations of my family helped create Florida's playground for the wealthy. Returning home for a funeral, I saw their fingerprints everywhere.

Ari

Jan 24, 2025

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The Styx, a Palm Beach settlement of single Black men or heads of households who worked at the island’s hotels, estates, and golf courses

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