Swimming Pools

Northside Pool

Northside Pool in Youngstown was maintained as a whites-only pool into the 1940s despite African American attempts to integrate it. Additional information coming soon.

Resources

  • “Cleveland Sympathizers Trek To Youngstown For Riot Trial.” Call & Post. July 20, 1940.
  • Wiltse, Jeff. Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Exact location unknown (Youngstown, Ohio)

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