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According to Marvin Dunn, historian, “in the whole scope of desegregation, the thing that white people themselves resisted, second only to intermarriage, was swimming with Black people.”(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-family-kicked-out-historically-black-pool-highlighting-lasting-impact-n1235532  ) Today, African American children ages 5-19 are 5.5 times more likely to drown in a swimming pool than white children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A 2017 survey by the University of Memphis and the USA Swimming Foundation found that Black children and their parents are three times more fearful...