One afternoon, four blackyouths walked into a restaurant that served "whites" only. They sat down and ordered bread and milk. The white waiter just said"We don't serve blacks". The young men did not move. They were tired todeath of segregation(种族分离) and of being kicked around. The manager was called. When he saw the angrylook in their eyes, he said that he was sorry, but it was not possible to servethem.
The next day, more young black people came, and even more came the day after to the restaurant. Then a gang of white youths came in and attacked them. Most of the blacks were beaten up and were black and blue all over. After that the police rushed in, the several people were put in prison(监狱)—all of them were black, although they had not done anything wrong—just because they were black.
The news spread (传播) quickly through the black living areas in the city.A large crowd held a meeting round the restaurant the following day, forcing( 迫使) the restaurant to shut. Young men, black and white,made speeches protesting (抗议) against segregation and pointing out that black people only wanted to livea life in the same way that whites did. They gave out leaflets(传单) and soon the movement spread to other cities.Business became so bad at that particular restaurant that the owners were forcedto give and served blacks.
Nowadays, all the blacks areserved in all restaurants open to the public in America.