Posts Tagged ‘swimming and segregation’

Images from SPLASH! Simone Manuel & Peggy Oleksiak

Continuing the series of posts from my new book SPLASH!

From Chapter 13: “The Last Taboo.”

Simone Manuel and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak embrace after tying for first in the 100-meter freestyle in 2016, at the Rio Olympics — for U.S. women, the first-ever Olympic gold for an African-American swimmer.

 

 

 

 

 

Images from SPLASH! Swimming and Segregation

Continuing the series of posts from my new book SPLASH!

From Chapter 13: “The Last Taboo.”

Municipal pool, Washington, DC, 1942. Almost one in three Washingtonians were of African-American descent by the start of World War 2. All these municipal swimmers are white.

 

 

 

 

 

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