Neighborhood children stand outside Rosedale Playground, barred from entering, 1952
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Rosedale Playground
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Rosedale Playground
Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Rosedale Playground
In 1948, a local chapter of the Young Progressives of America—an anti-segregationist organization—organized with Black neighborhood residents to demand entry to Rosedale’s pool and recreation center. The racially mixed group picketed the facility…