Chicken Bone Beach: Segregation's Hidden Paradise Atlantic City had one beach that was segregated, but it became the most glamorous, most vibrant, most alive place in the entire city. This is the story of Chicken Bone Beach—where forced segregation became a stage for Black brilliance, celebrity, family, and resistance. From 1900 to 1964, hotel owners forced Black families into a corner of the beach using threats, not laws. But instead of breaking under oppression, the Black community transformed