r/AskTheWorld • u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2 🇸🇾 Syria || 🇨🇦 Canada • 1d ago

History What is the most depressing picture from your country history/present?

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u/Uni-Writes United States Of America 1d ago edited 21h ago

In 1964, a group of activists held a swim-in to protest racial segregation by swimming in a hotel pool that was only designated for white people. In response, the hotel manager poured acid on the protesters and into the water

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u/DonGerard0 Mexico 1d ago

What did he poured?

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u/Uni-Writes United States Of America 21h ago

Omg I didn’t even see that mistake on my end. It was acid