Swimming lesson at Highland Park Pool

ca. 1949-1958

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Title
Swimming lesson at Highland Park Pool
Creator
Harris, Charles Teenie
Date
ca. 1949-1958
Identifier
1996.69.463
Source Identifier
Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.463
Description
Efforts to integrate the Highland Park swimming pool began in 1948 but met with resistance from community members and city officials. In 1951 the new pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Dr. Patrick, and the Pittsburgh Urban League joined the effort. Only the threat of a law suit persuaded city officials to enforce non-discrimination at the pools in 1952. Additional pressure was put on the city to hire black life guards. In this photograph an interracial group of children are swimming in a Pittsburgh public pool, possibly Highland Park Pool. In the center a life guard is teaching a boy how to swim. The two boys on the left behind the swimmers feet are Thomas Strawder and his friend Thomas McDaniels; the life guard's identity is unknown.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Swimming--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Children--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Lifeguards--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Boys--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Swimmers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
Contributor
Carnegie Museum of Art
Collection
Teenie Harris Photographs
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Rights Holder
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh