Segregation & public facilities
Montgomery fills in its swimming pools
Closed 1959; eight pools filled in, the zoo closed 31 December 1959Montgomery's public parks, pools and the Oak Park zoo, AL
Ordered in 1959 to desegregate its parks, Montgomery closed all of them instead - filling eight swimming pools with dirt, shutting the recreation centres and selling off the zoo's animals.
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