“City of Dreams: The Atlantic City Experience”

Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey was a Negro Baseball League team active from 1916-1929. This image is among those featured in the new digital repository “City of Dreams: The Atlantic City Experience” which opens Monday, October 17, 2022.

“Beginning in the 1870s, African-Americans were attracted in significant numbers to fill hotel recreation jobs in Atlantic City. By the late 1800s, 95% of the hotel workforce was African-Americans. By 1915, they represented 27% of the population that resided on the “other side of the track” which was also known as ‘The Northside.'” Click here for the entire article on the library’s website.

The Atlantic City Free Public Library has digitized its collection about the African-American community. The digitial repository “City of Dreams: The Atlantic City Experience” will be available to the public beginning Monday, October 17, 2022 at the library website and The Atlantic City Experience website. An in-person event is scheduled from 1-3 p.m. at the Stockton University Atlantic City campus in the Fannie Lou Hamer Event Room.