Atlantic Beach was a 'Black Pearl.' Locals want to see it shine again.

ATLANTIC BEACH, S.C. - South Ocean Boulevard is a thin road that runs parallel to the beach on South Carolina's Grand Strand. It stretches eight miles across the coveted coast of North Myrtle Beach, then stops abruptly at 28th Avenue. Here, across a narrow strip of undeveloped land, is where Atlantic Beach starts - one of the few Black-owned beach towns in the United States. From an aerial view, Atlantic Beach is a 92-acre cut out in North Myrtle Beach; an interruption in the coastline. The town

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