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WADE-INS

Program
NC Civil Rights Trail
Subject
Event
Location
1608 Pageland Highway, Monroe, NC 28112, USA
Lat/Long
34.9705378, -80.5157573
Grant Recipient
NC African American Heritage Commission
Historic Marker

WADE-INS

Inscription

WADE-INS
AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTHS
FROM MONROE PROTESTED IN
1957 & 1961 FOR THE RIGHT
TO SWIM IN THE SEGREGATED
PUBLIC POOL LOCATED HERE.
NC AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2022

North Carolina Civil Rights Trail marker for the 1957 and 1961 wade-in protests.