After the violence at Anacostia Pool over integration in June 1949, Anacostia Pool was closed for the remainder of the summer

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After the violence at Anacostia Pool over integration in June 1949, Anacostia Pool was closed for the remainder of the summer

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Anacostia Pool, Swimming for All

Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Anacostia Pool, Swimming for All

National Capital Parks (NCP), the federal entity that operated six of the city’s eight public pools, announced it would desegregate Anacostia Pool on June 23. But when African American children showed up to swim that day, they were met with threats…