The Tidal Basin was once the site of one of Washington’s most popular beaches, featuring a diving platform and a cabana. The beach was segregated and the Senate voted to close the white bathing beach in 1925. It closed due to concerns about pollution and because of pressures from African American leaders to build a black bathing beach on the other side of the Tidal Basin.
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