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To: Jacquerie

I can remember when there were shoe shine stations on the street.

A Black guy ran the one in my home town. He could literally make the rag pop as he buffed the shine.


15 posted on 04/08/2018 2:11:10 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog

True story:
There were two shoeshine storefronts next to each other in my home town. One was for whites coming off the train, one for blacks. One day in the very early 1960’s, a black Sgt in uniform got off the train, walked into the white parlor and asked for a shine. The guy shined his boots and the black parlor closed months later.


22 posted on 04/08/2018 2:16:51 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: yarddog

Hm, maybe you could incorporate that into song lyrics...

Nah. Never work. ;)


25 posted on 04/08/2018 2:18:13 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: yarddog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw1SCbpwnwE&frags=wn


30 posted on 04/08/2018 2:27:22 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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To: yarddog

Johnny Cash wrote a song about him:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=34EbaCW6QMc


47 posted on 04/08/2018 3:00:57 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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