some call me nigger. all that hate, but you have to smile. if you don't, what's wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although you're crying on the inside. i'm not going to tip that nigger. you don't look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. that's what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. >> telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a star. >> not within the white community. but even the stokely carmichael mainly first chanted black power here, that was less important to the black community here than what booker said on the nbc news. >> yeah. the private dining rooms at lusco's are still here. the menu, much the same. steaks, fish, the famous broiled shrimp, the lusco special salad