Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Kids in a wading pool at Collins Playfield in Seattle during the 1940s.
A recent confrontation between teenagers and law enforcement at a pool party in Texas inflamed the ongoing debate taking place across the country about racial tension and police accountability. But racism and segregation also play an ugly role in the broader history of America’s public and private swimming pools. We put this recent episode in that historic context and consider what it can teach us about the state of social relations in modern America.
Guests
- Jamelle Bouie Staff Writer, Slate
- Jeff Wiltse Associate Professor of History, University of Montana, and author of "Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America"
- Brit Bennett Op-Ed Contributor, The New York Times; Contributor, Jezebel; Fiction Writer
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