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Having accepted that businesses were still, illegally, segregated after the CRA of 1964 how can you classify Dr. Rice's story as a "fairy tale"?

The implication of the story was that the drug store was legally segregated in 1965.

No, the implications of the story was that it was used by whites only. Nowhere in there does she say it was legal. Only that black kids didn't get candy there normally. You're adding text in your desperate attempt to defend your indefensible position.

The implication of the story was that the drug store was legally segregated in 1965.

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The implication of the story was that the drug store was legally segregated in 1965.

No. Dr. Rice said she had bought a comic book and an ice cream there, and had not been refused service. Thus she was not segregated in her purchases.

However, what you may not be aware of is that "pickaninnies", black children, were often given leeway and allowed to buy in "white only" drug stores before 1964 as long as they remained standing and didn't sit at the counter. The white only waitresses wouldn't serve grownups or sometimes even teenagers, but often would serve children coming to the end of the counter and quietly requesting to buy an ice cream cone and take it outside to eat it. This was a common practice where I worked, and the white waitresses liked to prove they were kind by acquiescing to the little children while giving the older children and adults who knew better only a cold stare of dislike.