Fairground Park riot

[1] The Fairground Park pool was located near Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues in north St. Louis.

They are taxpayers and citizens, too.” [1] On June 21, 1949, African Americans were allowed access to the city pool for the first time.

[2] The riot escalated quickly after a rumor was spread that a black man there had killed a white boy.

[2] Many African American children were surrounded by younger protesters, who had arrived with baseball bats, bricks, other weapons.

[2][5] Attendance at the Fairground Park Pool dropped so significantly that it could no longer turn a profit and it was ultimately closed down.