Lusco’s & ‘Dateline’
The “Dateline NBC” piece and the Raymond De Felitta piece were both unfair to Lusco’s.
The Luscos and Booker Wright liked each other, and he was not fired. He left out of consideration for their best interests. That was the kind of person he was.
The filmmakers should have at least spoken with the Pinkston family.
And I do believe that Wright was simply shot by the man now in prison, and his death was not the result of his appearance on NBC in 1966. It makes a good story, though.
Belle
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Regarding the article “Lusco’s disputing ‘Dateline’ report” (July 17):
De facto or otherwise, Lusco’s during the 1960s was totally segregated and “private” — as were all “white” restaurants back then — whether it was legally a “club” or not.
Karen Pinkston, you’re not responsible for what your in-laws did in order to stay open generations ago, and you have no idea.
Whether they agreed with apartheid or not, they had to make a living.
We ate at Lusco’s a couple of times a month for 20 years. I never once saw a black patron.
JG2
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Lusco’s did absolutely nothing to encourage blacks to dine there, so the fact that it was not “private” means nothing.
dxtimmo
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A lot can be said when the only time that the races come together is at work (not for church, dinner or weekend activities).
Progress has been made. Blacks can eat dinner at Lusco’s now. If this is considered to be an acceptable level of progress, then maybe by 2050 black and white children will be able to attend Sunday School together.
paxton
Handicap parking
You should not have printed that comment by deltajjj in “My Two Cents” about handicap parking (July 12 ).
To that fool, what does a person being pretty or not have to do with handicap parking? Nothing.
You can’t look at fat or any other person and know what issues they may have.
It is really a cold-hearted, low-down person to say something so crazy. You don’t know anything about anybody but yourself.
Do you care about a person’s feelings at all? You are just a plain fool.
Upset and mad
