Galveston's First Black Lifeguards Honored With Historical Marker

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Galveston's First Black Lifeguards Honored With Historical Marker

The area where the marker is displayed, near 27th Street, is part of what used to be called Brown Beach, a segregated beach that was once patrolled by the city's first Black lifeguards.

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