He was determined to do it (start the branch). He took that petition to the county courthouse to get whites there to sign because you had to have at least 50 signatures to start a branch and there wasn't 50 black people in Salinas. |
It was a shack. It wasn't really where we wanted to be, but it was the best we could do at the time. |
The owner would say to them 'You can go in the kitchen any time you want, but you got to eat back there. They couldn't bring it out and eat it at the table. |