After integration, many cities in the South decided to just shut pools down rather than let Black people in, including Tallahassee. During the summers of 1964-1967, the city commission closed public ...

Cedar Rapids voters in 1958 approved a $425,000 bond issue to build three swimming pools in the city, at Noelridge, Bever and Jones parks. The Noelridge pool in the northeast quadrant was the last of ...

"The Root" senior writer Michael Harriot raised new questions about former Vice President Joe Biden's perspective on race relations in the wake of comments he made about slavery during Thursday's ...

POTTSVILLE – The Ivyside Swim Club property at the base of Sharp Mountain is for sale. The private club’s pool, which was last opened in 2022, had been a place for members to swim and socialize for ...

The fate of a new swimming pool in Yuma rests in the hands of the voters.

Teachers are rallying to save a “special” on-site swimming pool which they claim is a “massive part” of the school’s community and vital for underprivileged families. Cecil Road Primary and Nursery ...

Dundee Township Park District’s plan to seek voter approval for a tax referendum to pay for a new swimming pool and other amenities has been postponed until an evaluation can be done of its ...