D.C. holiday with family –
federal land,
historic site,
federal laws –
free
to wander,
listen, learn
of colonial days
in Old Williamsburg.
Two youths seek entertainment –
diversion from
too much history portayed;
crossed the street
into the Old Dominion.
Movie house,
ticket booth,
entrance –
Manager appears -
white shirt,
white face,
and ante-bellum eyes.
“Stop!
You can’t go in there!
We don’t serve
your
kind!”
Historic lesson learned -
but not accepted.
James Gagiikwe © 2008
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Author notes
1958, before the US Civil Rights Act.
Old Dominion = Virginia
Ante-bellum = Prior to the US Civil War, i.e. era of slavery
'We don't serve..." = Southern Segregation, seperate and unequal facilities.
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