Unabridged Audiobook
A story about Booker Wright, a southern small town (Greenwood, Mississippi) hero and civil rights icon, and Race relations. The story is brought to us from his granddaughter, who stumbled upon his life/story. Booker ran his own business in the Mississippi Delta in the mornings and evenings he waited tables for a whites only restaurant (Lucas), which is still operating today. They figured Blacks couldn't read nor write, so they made the waiters sing the menu. One day a news/journalist was dining there and Booker spoke his peace about life for Black people of Greenwood, Mississippi, not knowing that they were the only ones living in civil unrest, segregation, and racism. You can look at the footage, it's called “Have to keep that smile,” Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. This book addressed so much, things sweep under rugs in families, and towns. Even Bookers murder..... #Book34of2021 #BookLover #bookworm #whatsnext
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