Beyoncé's mother's Galveston beach house sustained significant damage during Hurricane Ike in 2008. The city deemed the property a public safety hazard, leading to a years-long legal battle.

G. Fish, who petitioned the city to completely eradicate Black swimmers from Galveston’s Seawall Beachfront, Davis wrote. The petition failed, she explained, but not because city leaders ...

During Galveston's Jim Crow era ... that Guidry as a black lifeguard was not only tasked with enforcing the beachfront’s color line, but in so doing, necessarily traversed it," Davis wrote.

Galveston and city officials and event organizers ... Many parades and events also take place along the beachfront on Seawall Boulevard between 25th Street and 57th Street.