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The Ripple Effect: Shawn D. Delifus Foundation teaches hundreds of Black families how to swim
Read full article: The Ripple Effect: Shawn D. Delifus Foundation teaches hundreds of Black families how to swimThe agency’s newest report found Black children made up 21 percent of the drownings where a child’s race was listed.
The Ripple Effect: How the impact of the historic St. Augustine ‘Swim-In’ still echoes today
Read full article: The Ripple Effect: How the impact of the historic St. Augustine ‘Swim-In’ still echoes todayWhen Black and white swimmers jumped in together and integrated the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, owner James Brock was so enraged he grabbed a bottle of acid and threw it into the pool. The fallout from that act is still being felt today.
The Ripple Effect: 5-year-old’s drowning spurs mother to push for new law to protect children in the water
Read full article: The Ripple Effect: 5-year-old’s drowning spurs mother to push for new law to protect children in the waterNews4JAX is digging deeper into racial disparities when it comes to swimming, starting with the stories of news reporter Hope Bartlett and 5-year-old Kareem Green.
The Ripple Effect: Mother of reporter who drowned on the job in 1998 also didn’t know how to swim
Read full article: The Ripple Effect: Mother of reporter who drowned on the job in 1998 also didn’t know how to swimNews4JAX is digging deeper into racial disparities when it comes to swimming, starting with the stories of news reporter Hope Bartlett and 5-year-old Kareem Green.