White Bathing Beach Will Be Dismantled In February 1925, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/174">Senate voted to defund</a> and demolish the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/164">white and black bathing beaches at the Tidal Basin</a>. Black residents were critical of the unequal funding and facilities at their beach when compared with the white one. In addition, physicians were concerned that the water in the basin was increasingly polluted and not safe for swimming. <em>The Washington Post</em> 06/23/1925 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1920-1949">1920-1949</a>