Just as The Montgomery Zoo's posted history fails to mention they shut down the facility to avoid black residents using it, Oak Park's historic sign leaves out the actual reason for the Park's closing in 1959.
Federal courts found the city's "recreational policies" to be unconstitutional? That's a rather kind description of what really happened, no?
The Zoo was refusing to allow black residents in, and decided to close rather than open the doors to everyone.
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