 Due to cross-burning incidents, a Ku Klux Klan march, and several arsons and suspected arsons, temporary police barricades were erected throughout late July to prevent white residents from entering the Grove.In August 1967, it was announced that the city would re-purchase a privately owned swimming pool, which had been sold to a private club in 1949.The pool, which had only been available to white residents, was to be operated as an integrated public facility open to all.