Black Bike Week 2021
Black Bike Week 2021, Bethune Cookman University, Bike Week 2021, Daytona Beach Unofficial Black Bike Week in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach has a very interesting history. My grandfather told me back when he was young, the discrimination s in Daytona Beach was very clear and evident. Black Vendors had a hard time selling products and getting a spot on Main Street beach side, so to help their community and make some money on the other side of the tracks, Black Bike Week was set up near one of the most known HBCUs in Florida, Bethune Cookman University. The necessity for separation was created by segregation during Daytona Bike Weeks dark past. Black Bike Week on Second Avenue (since renamed Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune Blvd) has grown to be the laidback alternative to the crazy world of Coleslaw Wrestling, high prices, machismo at the siliconeenhanced version of the event. Visitors to the annual Daytona Beach Bike Week celebration have taken home many, many traffic citations as souvenirs. But the
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