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One of the most controversial photos in history is that of James Brock, the motel manager, pouring acid into the water while black people were swimming in his pool. The photograph was taken by Horace Cort in the Monson Motor Lodge swimming pool on June 18, 1964. On June 11, 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr was arrested for trespassing at the Monson Motor Lodge after being asked to leave from its segregated restaurant. This spurred on a group of protesters, black and white, to jump into the pool as a strategically planned event to end segregation at motel pools, designated as “White Only”. White people who paid for motel rooms invited blacks to join them in the motel pool as their guests. This swim-in was planned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his associates. In an effort to break up the party, the motel manager Jimmy Brock poured a bottle of muriatic acid into the pool to scare the swimmers, and hopefully leave the premises. One of the swimmers, who knew the ratio of acid to pool water was so great it would not be a threat to them, drank a handful of the pool water to calm the other swimmers’ fears. #civilrightsmovement #jamesbrock #martinlutherking #segregation #acid
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