Black History Month: The History Behind Sea Breeze

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)- Amanda Fitzpatrick sat down with Barbara Dinkins from Sea Breeze to talk about the impact it has had on the community.

Sea Breeze is located at the southern end of New Hanover County off of Highway 421 adjacent from Carolina Beach.

Dinkins says Sea Breeze is significant within the community because it was “basically African Americans, it was the only place that we had to dance and have a good time. We had things not quite the circus but photographers down taking pictures and we would sometimes have Sea Breeze Heritage Day to relieve good times that we had back then.”

Dinkins also said ” Sea Breeze is known for having churches and selling tickets tickets to have hay rides to Sea Breeze.”

For more information on Sea Breeze and the impact it has had on the community you can watch the full interview above.