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In this episode, we’ll meet Shirley and Richard Mason, two pioneers of the US beach movement who created the model for launching a legal nude beach, when they boldly established residency on Florida’s popular Haulover Beach. Plus, a brief history of nude beaches in “puritan besmirched” America. Enjoy! 

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Links• South Florida Free Beaches• Official website https://sffb.com/• Twitter https://twitter.com/SFFB_FNA• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southfloridafreebeaches

B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation• Official website https://www.beachesfoundation.org/• Twitter https://twitter.com/BEACHESFound

Treasure Coast Naturists • Official website https://www.treasurecoastnaturists.org/• Twitter https://twitter.com/search?q=blind%20creek%20beach• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TreasureCoastNaturists

The Naturist Action Committee• Official Website https://naturistaction.org/

Research made possible by• Shannon Lewis - https://nudeforthought.com/• Naturist Education Foundation Research Library - https://naturisteducation.org/programs/nefrl/• American Nudist Research Library - http://ANRL.org• Western Nudist Research Library - http://WNRL.org

This episode of Naked Age was supported in part by an AANR Education Foundation Sponsorship Grant. Learn more about AANR-EF’s mission and make a donation at http://aanr-ef.com

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ClipsTitle: Nude bathing in Jacob RiIs Park, New York; Source: AP Archivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_4CT4Pvk0

Title: OC in Two: Nudist rally planned at San Onofre State Beach - 2009-09-10; Source: Orange County Register. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDey_PTI1vk

Title: Local News Segment "Topless Sunbathing on Miami Beach" '90's; Source: WPLG Local 10 | Miami News; uploaded by Siresounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlN-LzjmWw8

Title: Cuba: The Mariel Boatlift - Crime Wave (1980’s); Source: Uploaded by Mobfax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwuuAplCSpc&t=26s

Title: Oral Argument, Feb 26th 1975; Opinion Announcement, Jun 23rd, 1975. Source: Justia Supreme Court Center, https://www.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-1942

Title: Civil Rights Act Of 1964; Source: AP Archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQjNESlx5Zc

MusicMy Talking Drum of Quercy by Jean Toba, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/jean-toba/a-land-where-the-poets-dream/my-talking-drum-of-quercy/

Life’s Rhythms by Ketsa, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) Source:

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