- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Sesquicentennial State Park Swimming Area Closed
- Creator:
- Shealy, Bud
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1961-06-16
- Subject:
- Sesquicentennial State Park (S.C.)
Parks
Segregation - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- The swimming area at Sesquicentennial State Park is closed because a group of African Americans attempted to enter the park in protest of the State's segregated park facilities. The park, with swimming, fishing, picninc area and trails, is open to whites only. The park was closed for the day when about 20 African Americans tried to gain entry.
Two Notch Road, Columbia, S.C. - Local Identifier:
- state_268_0262
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/901
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 268, Sesqui Centennial State Park, Closing because of Negro invasions, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
