Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953
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Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold at Sparrow's Beach, 1953

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From left-to-right, Essie Nickerson, Emma Hutchins, Gertrude Manuel, and Sam Ringgold sitting in the water at Sparrow's Beach. The woman on the left sits a short distance away from the other three swimmers. She sits just out of the water and looks over at her companions. 
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
August 1953
Airlee Ringgold Johnson
English
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African American Vacation Destinations, Sparrow's Beach, Black Families - Ringgolds, The Lives and Families of Chesapeake Heartland Oral History Initiative
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.), Leisure, Leisure--United States, Vacations, Beaches, Swimming, African American familiesMaryland--Annapolis Anne Arundel

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