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Segregated Beaches in Chicago; the History of the Freedom Waders at Rainbow Beach

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By Alex S. Hinton

Freedom Waders is a short documentary by Alex S. Hinton about Velma and Norman Hill, who confronted mob violence to integrate Chicago's beaches at the height of the civil rights movement.

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