Racism at American Pools Isn’t New: A Look at a Long History
Racism at American Pools Isn’t New: A Look at a Long History When a group of white and black integrationists refused to leave a motel swimming pool in St. Augustine, Florida, June 18, 1964, this man dove in and cleared them out. All were arrested. by a white man in North Carolina; and a black man wearing socks in the water A plainclothes police officer jumping into a swimming pool to arrest a group of black and white integrationists in a segregated pool at the Monsoon Motor Lodge in Saint Augustine, Florida. June 18th, 1964. In 1964, several white and black protesters jumped into a pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla., in what The New York Times described as a “dive-in.” A white police officer in plain clothes later jumped in to arrest them. The poolside confrontations keep coming. The encounters, some captured on video, have prompted widespread anger and resulted in consequences for white people involved. But they are hardly new: The United States has a long history o...