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Desegregated Twelve City Pools Open in Atlanta
Atlanta pools opened on a desegregated basis with minimal incidents. Police logged one fight between a Negro and a white youth behind Maddox Park. A white mother urged her child to flee to East Point, and bystanders left or stayed as Negro high school boys swam at Piedmont Park pool.
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Seete
Essa Tr Rae
Ee City
Maddox Park
Fred Beerman
City Parks
Piedmont Park Pool
Charlie
East Point