60 years ago, blacks desegregated Fla. beach

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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — For some kids, going swimming on a hot summer afternoon once meant going to the cemetery.

The easy part was getting there, walking in the sunshine through the gates of Galilee Cemetery on U.S. 301. At the back edge of the property, over by the train tracks, the young swimmers jumped into an old railroad tank set into the ground. It was filled with cold water, and deep enough for diving.

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