Poster for Dreamland Book Talk by Sam Quinones at Shawnee State University (21 April 2016)

ID: 846 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History Archive, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Date: 2016

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

Poster for Dreamland Book Talk by Sam Quinones at Shawnee State University (21 April 2016)

In 2015 Sam Quinones published "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic," which told the story of Portsmouth's role in the development of the epidemic. He took the book's name from Portsmouth's popular swimming pool, which was originally operated as a whites-only pool and youth recreation center. Following a successful non-violent direct action against the pool, the Terrace Club owners re-opened the pool in the summer of 1965 as an integrated facility and re-christened it "Dreamland."

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,…