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August 06, 2025 at 07:30PMIn this excerpt adapted from Hannah S. Palmer’s new book, The Pool is Closed: Segregation, Summertime, and the Search for a Place to Swim, she explores how segregation in the South led to the privatization of pools and bodies of water. “When we talk about water, we’re talking about race and class,” she writes. “How we swim—and whether we have access to water at all—is tied up in the landscapes that shape our identity.” Palmer wonders where her two boys can learn how to swim, and where all people can come together and enjoy themselves in the water. She tours public pools in Atlanta and waterways across Georgia, investigating all that’s been lost to Black communities—pools filled, lakes drained, private beaches siphoned off.
from Longreads https://longreads.com/2025/08/06/public-pools-segregation/
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