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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
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