The U.S. Coast Guard crew from Traverse City, Michigan, carried the girls from the rock to emergency medical services waiting at a clearing on shore at 2:10 a.m.

Operations left behind uniquely colored beaches in Minnesota’s Silver Bay and Michigan’s Gay. But the materials are different.

Ralph Lauren features the Martha's Vineyard community of Oak Bluffs in the latest evolution of its collections, centering around Black experiences.

Historically black beach communities date back as far as the 1930s in a handful of coastal areas across the United States. Many sprang up during segregation when blacks were either barred from ...