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Search Term : Beach or Pool Segregation
Search Term : Beach or Pool Segregation
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In the bleak years of segregation, Florida beaches and pools were symbols of a great divide — and of rising up through persistent struggle.
In the bleak years of segregation, Florida beaches and pools were symbols of a great divide — and of rising up through persistent struggle.
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Fredy Hincapie grew up in Lynn, a low-income city north of Boston sitting on 4 miles of Atlantic shoreline, but he says he had little connection with the water during his childhood.
Fredy Hincapie grew up in Lynn, a low-income city north of Boston sitting on 4 miles of Atlantic shoreline, but he says he had little connection with the water during his childhood.
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The victory at California’s Bruce’s Beach, improperly seized 100 years ago, has reignited the conversation around land restitution for Black Americans.
The victory at California’s Bruce’s Beach, improperly seized 100 years ago, has reignited the conversation around land restitution for Black Americans.
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Ralph Hunter said he “went buck wild” in the late 1950s when he first laid eyes on what is now known as Chicken Bone Beach.
Ralph Hunter said he “went buck wild” in the late 1950s when he first laid eyes on what is now known as Chicken Bone Beach.
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We all love spending a warm day on a beautiful beach. However, there was a time when public beaches were not open to all to enjoy. Public beaches, like ma...Show more
We all love spending a warm day on a beautiful beach. However, there was a time when public beaches were not open to all to enjoy. Public beaches, like many other public facilities such as schools, swimming pools, theaters, and restaurants, were segregated.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-the-countrys-best-beaches-owe-black-americans-now-11618517886
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Nearly 100 years ago, a Black family owned a resort in an area that is now part of Manhattan Beach, Calif. The Bruce family’s property thrived by catering...Show more
Nearly 100 years ago, a Black family owned a resort in an area that is now part of Manhattan Beach, Calif. The Bruce family’s property thrived by catering to African-Americans from Los Angeles, and, over the years, a community of Black homeowners sprang up around the resort.
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Bruce's Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.
Bruce's Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.
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California's work to redress historical injustices and advance equity include first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations for African Americans, reforms for a fairer criminal justice system and investing in an equitable recovery.
California's work to redress historical injustices and advance equity include first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations for African Americans, reforms for a fairer criminal justice system and investing in an equitable recovery.
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Swimming pools offer their own history lesson, of sorts, about how the U.S. has or hasn't dealt with racial tensions over the years.
Swimming pools offer their own history lesson, of sorts, about how the U.S. has or hasn't dealt with racial tensions over the years.
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It was the first week of June in 1956, he recalls, and Louisville Mayor Andrew Broaddus had signed off on an order the year prior to officially end racial segregation of public parks and pools.
It was the first week of June in 1956, he recalls, and Louisville Mayor Andrew Broaddus had signed off on an order the year prior to officially end racial segregation of public parks and pools.
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In the 1920s, swimmers cool off at the Fairgrounds Pool in Saint Louis, Missouri. The enormous pool could hold tens of thousands of people—but was origina...Show more
In the 1920s, swimmers cool off at the Fairgrounds Pool in Saint Louis, Missouri. The enormous pool could hold tens of thousands of people—but was originally only open to whites. When the pool attempted to desegregate in 1949, white rioters beat the Black children who came to swim.
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In Summer 2015, an incident caught on video captured a police officer outside a community pool who appears to be waving his gun at young partygoers who ap...Show more
In Summer 2015, an incident caught on video captured a police officer outside a community pool who appears to be waving his gun at young partygoers who approached him as he tried to subdue and eventually hold down a teenage girl. She was wearing a bikini because she was at a pool party.
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The following timeline was condensed from the “POOL: A Social History of Segregation” exhibit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, created in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.
The following timeline was condensed from the “POOL: A Social History of Segregation” exhibit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, created in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.
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