The forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks

Published July 9, 2019

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An article in The Conversation by Victoria Wolcott, looks at the forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks. “As a social historian who has written a book on segregated recreation, I have found that the history of recreational segregation is a largely forgotten one. But it has had lasting significance on modern race relations,” she writes. 

 

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