Washington Park’s Historic Racial Tensions

· Apr. 5, 2010, 4:00 pm

75 years ago this month, dozens of young blacks forcefully integrated a "whites-only" swimming area at Denver's Washington Park.Dave Burrell and Ruthanne Johnson have been digging into the largely forgotten story and spoke to Dan Meyers.

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