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March 12 2010

fin
16:16
In 1962, the city of Jackson, Mississippi realized that it would have to desegregate its five public swimming pools.  Rather than face the prospect of having to share a swimming pool with blacks, the city filled four of the pools with dirt and gave a fifth to the YMCA which, as a private organization, was then free to keep it whites-only.
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