THE SWIMMING POOL

In the summer of 1947, the city government of Warren, Ohio, caved in to demands by white racists in the community, and attempted to exclude black people from the public swimming pool.  Hear the story of the hard-fought lawsuit, that successfully smashed the restriction, a year later.    

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Culver v. City of Warren, 84 Ohio App. 373, 83 N.E.2d 82 (Ohio 1948).

Unfortunately, because of unexpected limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our other reference sources, on this page.  However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard t this episode, upon your request, by email:  [email protected]

GUEST VOICES:

The Swimming Pool: 

Mayor - Lec Zorn - free lance actor and voice artist.

Ohio Court of Appeals - Chis Robert - host, I Saw It On Linden Street podcast.

President Lyndon Johnson - Jerry Kokich - free lance actor and voice artist.

Police Blotter & Court News:

Narrator - Amelia LaBibarr, co-host, Pitney & Amelia's Bitchen Boutique podcast.

Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Stephanie Drabble, listener and fan.

Judge - Harry Morgan, actor (deceased). 

MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Commentary (voice) – Jessica Malone,  our swing-shift co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.

Exit Commentary - Source:  You Are Like Water and You Matter, u/AmbulanceButNotForMe (reddit), #BlackLivesMatter - free-use script.

MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Capotastomusic: 

This Land Is Your Land 

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org. 

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