I was born in New York, but moved to Florida when I was 11. At the time Florida was segregated, and I have a distinct memory of "white" and "colored" drinking fountains, bathrooms, movie theatres, EVERYTHING. It seemed absolutely insane, and I know it had a huge impact on me then and to this day. Not one of the better memories of "a more innocent time."
I can NOT believe you just posted that!
I was just going make a post about my grandfather explaining the Jim Crow curfew to me in Miami in the mid '60s. This was pre-Disney, so we were at the Diplomat in Hallandale, where my family loved to stay back then. I was 6 or 7 years old and it had a profound impact on me. It's the single biggest reason I became so obsessed with civil rights.
