Page 5 - Booker Wright News Today

For. right here. >> now, i expect my customers to be respectful of me. some call me john some call me tim. all that hate, you have to smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, you quiet on the inside. yes, sir, thank you. what you say? but you have to go through with it. remember, keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966, mississippi. and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. >> it was not a good experience for him...

Black community here than what booker said on the nbc news. >> the private dining rooms at luscos are still here. the menu, much the same. steaks, fish. the famous broiled shrimp. the luscos special salad with the dressing and a healthy dose of anchovies, onion rings. >> salad makes me happy, too. >> yeah. >> cat fish for mr. edge, the famous pampano for me. >> a great restaurant in the delta. >> its a big fish. no way im finishing this. >> sitting here, the booth, the curtains, the whole ring b...

Some call me -- all that hate, but you have to smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although youre crying on the inside. im not going to tip that -- you dont look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. thats what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good ex...

Some call me jim. some call me nigger. all that hate, but you have to smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although youre crying on the inside. im not going to tip that nigger. you dont look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. thats what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his ...

Why? >> this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past, you know? >> but maybe to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with a story of its most famous employee, booker wright. he had been working at luscos as a waiter since he was 14 years old. >> we dont have a red menu. id be glad to tell you what theyre going to serve tonight. >> in 1965 nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaining recitation of the menu at luscos was famous ...

If you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although youre crying on the inside. im not going to tip that nigger. you dont look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. thats what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a star. >> ...

Past, you know? >> but maybe to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with a story of its most famous employee, booker wright. he had been working at luscos as a waiter since he was 14 years old. >> we dont have a red menu. id be glad to tell you what theyre going to serve tonight. >> in 1965 nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaining recitation of the menu at luscos was famous around town, so they asked him to do his usual routine for th...

Smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although youre crying on the inside. im not going to tip that nigger. you dont look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. thats what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a st...

Some call me nigger. all that hate, but you have to smile. if you dont, whats wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although youre crying on the inside. im not going to tip that nigger. you dont look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. thats what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not...

Past, you know? >> but maybe to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with a story of its most famous employee, booker wright. he had been working at luscos as a waiter since he was 14 years old. >> we dont have a red menu. id be glad to tell you what theyre going to serve tonight. >> in 1965 nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaining recitation of the menu at luscos was famous around town, so they asked him to do his usual routine for th...