Mr Rogers was not perfect and that is the point. This is the full story behind the famous Mister Rogers pool scene with Officer François Clemmons and why real history is more complicated than viral soundbites. We are talking Mister Rogers, race, segregation, LGBTQ history, Officer Clemmons, public television, 1960s America, and what real growth actually looks like. In 1969, Mister Rogers shared a pool with a Black police officer on children’s television during segregation. What most people do no