Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012) on Netflix
NR20121h 30mDocumentaryHistoryMystery
In 1965, Booker Wright, a waiter at a whites-only restaurant, spoke about his life on NBC. Decades later, his granddaughter returns to the Delta with Frank De Felitta's son.
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In 1965, the NBC filmmaker Frank De Felitta reads a magazine article about injustice against African Americans in Mississippi, wins approval for a documentary, and travels to the Delta to interview local residents. In Greenwood he meets Booker Wright, a waiter at Lusco's, a restaurant for white customers only, who sings the menu aloud because no menus are printed, a measure meant to keep African American diners away. Wright speaks to the cameras about how customers treat him and about life in a segregated society. The broadcast draws outrage across the South. In 2011, Frank De Felitta's son returns to the Delta with Booker Wright's granddaughter to interview people who remember the town, the restaurant and the man.
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Following the broadcast of the NBC documentary, Wright quit his job at the all-white restaurant after being shunned by customers. He was severely pistol-whipped by a policeman, his own restaurant, Booker's Place, was firebombed, and he was later murdered by a customer.- A waiter at Lusco's, a whites-only restaurant in Greenwood, Booker Wright sang the menu as a gimmick, and also because there were no menus at all, a measure used to discourage African Americans from patronizing the restaurant.
