March 6, 2019
Lake Hico has remained closed to the public for more than 30 years.
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Lake Hico: Closed by Racism?
Jim Crow-era segregation laws and customs prevented Lake Hico from interracial use until the late 1960s after the Civil Rights Movement and federal legislation officially ended segregation. The lake then …
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