Magic + Loss

Magic + Loss

Cooling Off is a Hot Topic

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Virginia Heffernan
Jul 09, 2022
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Until the 1920s, public pools were all over this country, racially integrated and a popular summer activity for all. So what changed? This week on This is Critical, Historian Jeff Wiltse, author of “Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America,” joins Virginia to recount the history of public pools in the 20th century — and share the …

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