Sit-in at the Terrace Club in Portsmouth, Ohio

ID: 845 ~ Source: “40 Negroes Stage Sit-In at Local Pool,” Portsmouth Daily Times (21 July 1964), Historic Portsmouth Newspaper Collection, Center for Public History Archive, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Date: 21 July 1964

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Sit-in at the Terrace Club in Portsmouth, Ohio

When the original wade-in failed to force an immediate integration of the Terrace Club and its pool, black youth organized a second direct action against the facility. The caption to the newspaper report in the Portsmouth Daily Times reads: “Demonstrators Removed. Portsmouth Police Chief Ted Wilburn begins removing some 40 Negro boys and girls from the Terrace Club Swimming Pool entrance after the youngsters participated in a brief sit-in.”

This file appears in: Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool

Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was now banned by federal law. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically outlawed racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. Private clubs, however,…