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A Black History of Swimming (Early Access)

Published: May 14th 2024, 5:40:43 pm

I wanted to dive into the history of one of my favorite recreational activities! Enjoy this video early before it's posted to youtube tomorrow.

SIDENOTE: I am waiting on my new video editor to return the second draft of Deep Cut #3 to me, and hope to have it posted by Saturday. Thanks for your patience, and I promise it will be juicy-- its basically a full-length episode (I STAY DOING TOO MUCH LMAO) and its 90 minutes <3 Its a strong signal of where future Intelexual Media content will be going (yay regional deep dives!)

Sources and Further Reading

• Contested Waters: A Social History of Pools in America (Jeff Wiltse)

• Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora (Kevin Dawson)

• https://www.npr.org/2008/05/06/90213675/racial-history-of-american-swimming-pools

• https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/K-0538/excerpts/excerpt_618.html

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/4485894

• https://www.pbs.org › wnet › history › who-really-ran-t...

• https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/23/pool-exhibition-segregation-swimming-philadelphia

• https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/02/louisiana.river.drowning/index.html

• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38533071

• https://www.ksla.com/2019/08/03/ninth-anniversary-six-teens-who-drowned-red-river/

• https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38559284

• https://www.ksla.com/story/22584796/mother-who-lost-3-in-drowning-is-on-a-mission-in-spite-of-fear-of-water/
  https://mspremium.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/20/2021/06/Journal-of-Sport-and-Social-Issues.pdf

• https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/pools

• https://outdoorswimmer.com/featured/the-loneliness-of-the-black-long-distance-swimmer/

• https://www.surfer.com/features/africans-surfed-long-before-bruce-brown-showed-up
  https://redpgh.com/?p=308

• https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/J-0075/excerpts/excerpt_5857.html

• https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/L-0040/excerpts/excerpt_7705.html

• https://unchistory.web.unc.edu/building-narratives/bowman-gray-memorial-pool/

• https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1rdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4222%2C1281705

• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/08/21/issue.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/219903086/

• https://www.newspapers.com/image/558230520/

• https://books.google.com/books?id=5tUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116&dq=swimming&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijh-Le6ImGAxWttokEHSx6CZgQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=twopage&q&f=false

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/sports/black-people-pools-racism.html

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-13/the-pacific-ocean-is-right-there-so-why-is-southern-california-so-hot-for-swimming-pools

• https://www.crmvet.org/info/monroe57.pdf

• https://www.poolphl.com/pdfs/pool_the_power_of_the_nile_swim_club.pdf

• https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2016/08/02/photographed-summertime-in-1970s-chicago/

• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/a-racial-history-of-drowning/276748/

• https://www.ktalnews.com/news/tenth-anniversary-of-six-teens-who-drowned-in-the-red-river/

• https://hyperallergic.com/648298/the-uneasy-history-of-swimming-and-race-as-relayed-through-art/

• https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai3/protest/text6/williamsnegroeswithguns.pdf

• https://civilrights.flagler.edu/digital/collection/p16000coll6/id/196/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/23/archives/racists-break-up-florida-wadeins.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/sports/olympics/a-closer-look-at-simone-manuel-olympic-medalist-history-maker.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/us/segregation-nile-swim-club.html

• https://fairmountwaterworks.org/pool/

• https://flashbak.com/the-art-of-swimming-illustrated-by-proper-figures-1696-454941/