#SEASHORE DAY CAMP LONG BRANCH NJ FULL#
A devout convert to Methodism, Bradley was inspired to build a seaside resort community that adhered to the strict beliefs of the Ocean Grove religious camp meeting, located just south of what would become Asbury Park.Ĭhristening the resort in honor of American Methodism founder Bishop Francis Asbury - and naming many of the streets in his planned community for Methodist pioneers and clergy - Bradley retained private ownership and full control of the beachfront, as Asbury Park quickly ascended to become a premier resort destination along the Jersey Shore.Įven as thousands of white tourists flocked to the oceanfront, and in many cases relocated year-round to the fast-growing young community, a separate influx of Black people came seeking employment in the hotels, shops and restaurants of Bradley’s service economy.Īs the Founder’s meticulously laid out plans became a reality, the place called Asbury Park was largely built on the labor of local indigenous people, Italian immigrants and African Americans who had fled the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror in the southern states - but those who worked in the grand beachfront hotels and establishments were largely relegated to living beyond the city limits in the area known as West Park (later the West Side of Asbury Park).Īs Bradley laid out plans, the city of Asbury Park was largely built on the labor of local indigenous people, Italian immigrants and African Americans who’d fled the Reign of Terror of the Ku Klux Klan in the southern states.
However, the story of segregation in Asbury Park did not start at the very beginning.Īsbury Park was founded in 1871 by New York City-based industrialist James A. Throughout much of its history, Asbury Park has been a segregated city…and nowhere were those often unwritten policies more in evidence than the resort’s popular beaches, boardwalk, seaside hotels and amusements. In 1871, in the wake of the Reconstruction movement following the Civil War, Asbury Park was born. A Segregation Seashore Library Of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
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