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Philadelphia’s Inez Patterson broke barriers in swimming for Black girls

phillytrib.com · 10dShare

I first encountered her when my sister and I visited an exhibit at the Fairmount Water Works in 2022 called “POOL: A Social History of Segregation.”

First report: Nearly 100 years ago, Philadelphia’s Inez Patterson integrated pools and encouraged other Black girls to swim too — theconversation.com, 13d