The Fairgrounds Park Riot
- The Fairgrounds Park Riot
African Americans were permitted to swim for the first time at St. Louis, Missouri's Fairgrounds Park Pool on June 21, 1949. While approximately forty African American children swam at the pool that afternoon, nearly 200 whites surrounded the pool fence. Violence broke out later that day as the swimmers left the pool. Several men, women and children of both races were hospitalized; however, no one was killed.
Following the riot, segregation was re-instituted and remained in effect for the next twelve months.
A federal court ruling in July 1950 by Judge Rubey M. Hulen mandated racial integration.
External links
* [http://tlc.umsl.edu/dighistory/play-fairground.cfm The Fairgrounds Park Riot]
* [http://contentdm.mohistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/lib&CISOPTR=83&REC=3 The Fairgrounds Park Incident (1949 report)]
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