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Elon Musk’s Utopian Town Will Disappoint — Like Most Company Towns

America’s utopian communities have traditionally promoted egalitarianism and alternatives to capitalism. Company towns do the opposite.

by Victoria W. Wolcott via Made By History on March 27, 2023
The Forgotten History of Segregated Swimming Pools and Amusement Parks

Beyond public accommodations and schools, resistance to integration included keeping pools and amusement parks segregated.

by Victoria W. Wolcott via The Conversation on July 9, 2019
Dr. Ossian Sweet's Black Life Mattered

It has been 90 years since Ossian Sweet tried to move into his new home; since police stood by and did nothing as a mob threw rocks.

by David F. Krugler, Victoria W. Wolcott, Heather Bourbeau, Leslie Brown, Anne Valk, James W. McElhaney, Lance Freeman via JSTOR Daily on June 17, 2015

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Why America Stopped Building Public Pools

“If the public pool isn’t available and open, you don’t swim.”

by Nathaniel Meyersohn via CNN on July 22, 2023

Kids splash at the Rec pool on June 30, 2022. Heather Khalifa / Staff Photographer.

Philadelphia Had a Radical Vision for Its Public Pools. What Happened?

A century of battles over a neighborhood pool reveal a complicated picture, about who matters, and who gets the chance to live well in a segregated city.

by Zoe Greenberg via Philadelphia Inquirer on July 26, 2022

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