The legacy of Chicken Bone Beach in segregated Jim Crow-era Atlantic City lives on.
Ralph Hunter said he “went buck wild” in the late 1950s when he first laid eyes on what is now known as Chicken Bone Beach.
White patrons had begun to complain about Black people on the beach and in the ocean in front of their hotels. Jim Crow racial segregation laws were never officially enacted in Atlantic City but local leaders sought “diplomatic measures,” according to a 1931 letter to an official in San Diego, California who had reached out for advice.“The leading members of our community conferred with leaders of the negro race and advised them it was for the best interest of everyone concerned that the negroes patronize the beach at which the colored lifeguards were placed,” the letter said.
But the majority of the patrons of Chicken Bone Beach were families on day trips who packed hearty lunches and snacks for the day. Fried chicken was a favorite meal, Hunter and other historians said.Stories have swirled over the years why the name stuck. One story says revelers often buried their chicken bones in the sand after they ate.
The entrance to what was formerly known as Chicken Bone Beach, a segregated beach at the end of Missouri Avenue in Atlantic City. Heniretta Shelton, 75, agrees with Hunter. She moved to Atlantic City from Florida when she was 10 in the mid-1950s. She said people took pride in their beach and were offended when it came to be known as Chicken Bone Beach.
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