- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Race riot at the Fairgrounds swimming pool, St. Louis, Missouri, June 21, 1949
- Creator:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1949-06-21
- Subject:
- Racism--Missouri--Saint Louis
Terrorism
Violence--Missouri--Saint Louis
Segregation--Missouri--Saint Louis
Violence
Race riots - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Text on reverse: "News release: NEGRO SWIMMING PERMISSION INCITES RIOT.... St. Louis, Mo. A group of white youths shown crowding around a negro who already has been attacked. Two feet are shown extended as if to kick the negro to the ground. A baseball bat belonging to one of the youths is also visible. (When Negroes attempted in 1949 to enter St. Louis' municipally-owned Fairground Park swimming pool they were kicked and beaten by mobs of white youths armed with baseball bats.)" Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_072
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/10587
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1979-37_072, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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