Over the sound of R&B music piped through a loudspeaker, a group of mostly black children whooped with delight as they splashed around the crystal blue waters of an outdoor pool.
It's a scene that wasn't possible more than 50 years ago in Yeadon, a Philadelphia suburb where black households wanting to join the local private pool were turned away because of their skin color.
But in 1958, a group of eight black residents banded together to create the Nile Swim Club. The trailblazing facility is now celebrating its 50th year even as USA Swimming, the sport's national governing body, tries to recruit more minorities and reduce their lopsided drowning …
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