Robert Dafford's "Dreamland Pool" Flood Wall Mural in Portsmouth, Ohio
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Based upon a post card from the 1930s, Robert Dafford's mural captures the Terrace Club in the City's East End neighborhood. First opened in 1929, the pool was operated as a private, white-only swimming pool and youth recreational center until the summer of 1965, when the facility was integrated and re-christened "Dreamland."
This file appears in: Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool: Non-violent Direct Action at the Terrace Club
Integrating Portsmouth, Ohio’s Dreamland Pool: Non-violent Direct Action at the Terrace Club
By the summer of 1964, the Civil Right’s Movement had picked up momentum and direct actions aimed at integrating white-only public accommodations and places of amusement, such as swimming pools, had…