"Where, For More Than a Century, Conflicts Over Race and Class Have Often Surfaced"

"Today, that complicated legacy persists across the United States. The public pools of mid-century—with their sandy beaches, manicured lawns, and well-tended facilities—are vanishingly rare. Those sorts of amenities are now generally found behind closed gates, funded by club fees or homeowners' dues, and not by tax dollars. And they are open to those who can afford to live in such subdivisions, but not to their neighbors just down the road."


Yoni Appelbaum in The Atlantic discusses McKinney, Texas, and the history of segregated pools.