Good old boys, bad old days
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1605180,00.html

Gary Younge in Montgomery
Monday October 31, 2005
The Guardian


Murphy and Johnny sit on a bench at the bus stop where Rosa Parks
started her now famous journey and shoot the breeze over a carton of
Popeye's fried chicken. Murphy is white; Johnny is black. Both are in
their 60s.

"Back in the day we couldn't have sat here like this or we would have
gotten ourselves killed," says Johnny. "He'd have his bench and I'd
have mine."

Reminiscing about the bad old days Murphy recalls the segregated
cinemas. "You had to sit on the balcony and we had to sit downstairs,"
he reminds Johnny. "I always wanted to sit in the balcony because I
thought you could see better. But I didn't want to bring trouble on my
folks so I never tried it."

Rosa Parks
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