--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Judy Stein explains that the best way for parents to teach their > > > children the evils of bigotry is to participate in the bigotry > > > yourself which will provide your children with an example of how > bad > > > it is. > > > > > > > > > > Name a restaurant along that car drive that both races could have > eaten > > at without making headlines... > > I'm no historian -- and I am too young to have been in the South in > the '50s to know from personal experience -- but I remember seeing a > Discovery or PBS show on segregation several years ago that > suggested that it wasn't all that cut and dry as our stereotype of > it makes it out to be. There were towns in the south that were > fully integrated and lunch counters where all could eat without > discrimination...that's why the ones that WERE segregated had signs > saying "no colored's" or something to that effect...if they were ALL > segregated, there wouldn't be a need for signs... > > So maybe 10% or 50% or 90% of all restaurants along that highway > were integrated. Does anyone with any expertise or authority on the > matter have an idea?
I know that my Uncle from Texas told me once that he traveled in Wyoming (Nevada?) at one point during that time and went into a bar and found a black man sitting next to a white man, which he had NEVER SEEN BEFORE. He was taken aback, but sat at the same bar also. Fully integrated bars were very rare during that period, at least in my uncle's opinion or at least my uncle had never seen one before. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
