In 1960, I was working at the TVA Edney Building. I would occasionally go to the S&W for lunch.
One day a group of young black men came in. As they made their way to the line, four white men, dressed in their business finest, got up, walked to block their way and said, “You are not welcome to eat here.”
The young men were not making a scene. I couldn’t believe it. I walked over to them and told them not all of us felt that way.
I have never forgotten that scene.
Margie Merritt, Ringgold, Georgia