The Black amusement park is an important chapter in Lincoln Beach’s history, but it’s not the whole or most recent story, writes Cheree Franco.

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Cheree Franco spent three years reporting on Lincoln Beach for Places Journal. She teaches journalism at Tulane University and was on staff at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Arkansas Times. In 2011, she was a reporting fellow for the Express Tribune in Karachi, Pakistan. Her work has appeared in VICE, Huck, the Brooklyn Rail, Juxtapoz, Vinyl Me Please, the Jackson Free Press and elsewhere.