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Wednesday,
August 6- Archives
"After
the group talked with Mrs. Adams for a while we went to lunch
at the Crystal City Grill. The history behind the restaurant is
that it was a segregated establishment that was only frequented
by whites and one must have a membership to dine there. When we
walked in the restaurant everyone was looking at us and I felt
uncomfortable. I’m not sure if it was because we were a
large group or the fact that there were African-Americans in our
group."
"There
were people inside sitting at machines and tables who stayed at
those machines and tables throughout the evening, losing money
and making money, but mostly losing money. The ironic part of
this casino was its’ location. It seemed to me that in the
midst of all the poverty we’d experienced throughout the
week and all the statistics we’d found through the census
reports for the state of Mississippi, here we were watching people
drop money that statistics report they don’t have and this
large industry is profiting from it. " <Read
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