Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch

This picture-book biography introduces MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer who became an environmentalist. It recounts her efforts to protect a Florida beach that her great-grandfather had bought during the Jim Crow era. Betsch used her body as a canvas in protesting its destruction. The book follows the preservation of the beach and the legacy connected to it.