The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette holds exhibit that tells story of discrimination

The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette showcased an exhibit documenting discrimination at the town's 1934 public swimming pool and the civil rights efforts of Rose Lueras and her daughter Rosebelle Vargas. The exhibit, titled Racism & Discrimination at the Lafayette Swimming Pool, 1934, featured bilingual panels displayed through October 11. After the pool's construction in 1934, a White trade only sign appeared at the gate. Lueras organized 25 Latino families to file a lawsuit asserting their 14th Amendment rights. The case was dismissed, and Lueras was killed by a delivery truck in 1935 before trial. Her daughter testified in court at age 13.