What the records say
- When
- 29 Jun 1949
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 38.87° N, 77.00° W
Anacostia Pool riot
The Anacostia Pool riot took place on June 29, 1949, at a recently desegregated public swimming pool in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. After two days of tense confrontations between white and black patrons of the pool, a two-hour large-scale disturbance involving 450 people resulted in five arrests and at least four serious injuries.
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