It was a great old-fashioned place, with its long soda fountain-like bar and tables covered with red-and-white checked tablecloths.
One Texas drugstore clerk explained that Mexicans, unlike blacks, were allowed to drink at the soda fountain. But if they wanted a table they would be seated apart from whites.
One Texas drugstore clerk explained that Mexicans, unlike blacks, were allowed to drink at the soda fountain.
He borrowed money and installed a soda fountain and pretty soon he had a very nice little business.