Howard Gentry Jr. sits in Elliston Place Soda Shop, a restaurant where he could not go inside in 1960. He recalls a waitress meeting him outside to serve him ice cream when he was 8 years old.When he was 8 years old, Howard Gentry Jr. had a dream – he wanted a chocolate ice cream cone from the Elliston Place Soda Shop just two blocks from his house.
With money in his pocket, the boy headed to the store, stopped on the sidewalk and looked inside. He saw only white faces. A waitress walked outside.
“What are you doing?” she asked him. “I can’t serve you.”
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