Druid Hill Park Pool No. 2

Druid Hill Park Pool No. 2
Baltimore, Maryland (MD), US
On 6/23/1956, at the start of the summer season, Baltimore pools opened as desegregated facilities for the first time. Over a hundred African Americans tested the waters in the previously white-only Pool No. 1 but only a single white person swam in Pool. No. 2.

Pool #2 closed the next year and remained largely abandoned up until 1999. That year, Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott won a commission to turn it into a memorial.
On 6/23/1956, at the start of the summer season, Baltimore pools opened as desegregated facilities for the first time. Over a hundred African Americans tested the waters in the previously white-only Pool No. 1 but only a single white person swam in Pool. No. 2.

Pool #2 closed the next year and remained largely abandoned up until 1999. That year, Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott won a commission to turn it into a memorial.
View in Google Earth Pools, Memorials, Art - Misc
Links: explore.baltimoreheritage.org, www.atlasobscura.com
By: kkeps

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