Bellhop cafe1/4/2024 ![]() What's the matter? I said, my car stopped, and the battery was dead. So, uh while I was there trying to push it to the side, two o'clock in the morning, here come a patrol car. What am I going to do? And I was half a block from the police station. Here I am with a couple of pints of whiskey under the front seat, and my car stopped on me. The battery was dead and I couldn't get it started. And, of course, I had been playing the radio. I meant to go around the corner and it died on me. And coming on back I got about a block and a half from the motel. about file miles to this place and back, and I was playing the radio. So, I took the car and it was about three or four. But this was making a buck for me, you know, and I didn't think anything was wrong with trying to make an extra buck. So, I was only about fifteen or sixteen years. They new he had it, you know, and he would sell. And there was this bloke, which you called bootlegger, who had a little cafe on the outskirts of town, and he was in cahoots with the law enforcement officers. Sonny boy, can you go get me a couple of half a pints. So, this particular night I had the car, and one of the bellhops, the bellhop asked me, he said, sonny boy. She didn't want me to be traveling at night by myself on the street. And she would allow me to bring the car to work, because I would go in late and come home, you know. back in the '40s, well, my mother had a car. And so, since it was illegal, they would always ask the bellhops, can you get us a pint or a half a pint? And they would get rooms, you know, and naturally what do a soldier want to do, you know? Huh? One of the things he wants when he have a little time off, is to have a drink, you know. And you had a lot of soldiers from Camp Shelby here in Hattisburg. And, of course, it was just at the time of the beginning of the war in the '40s. Back in that time in Mississippi you know, it was against the law to have liquor. I was assistant to the bellhop and I also worked in the cafeteria that was open, coffee shop they called it, twenty-four hours. Arrested for no apparent reason other than being black and driving a nice car, he faces violence and indignities. In this audio clip, James Jones recounts an experience he had as a young man in Mississippi. Donating gently used books is always a plus, too.The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. If you’re a New Yorker looking for a volunteer opportunity, check out Housing Works and its many offices and thrift shops. ![]() The bookstore is a staple of the community, and hosts events almost every night that are open to the public and worth checking out on their website. Shopping at Housing Works means you’re not only getting a new book or CD, you’re also supporting a population in New York City that often gets left out of the legislative circle. ![]() The cafe itself is open anytime the bookstore is, and has breakfast–pastries, coffee, tea, donuts– lunch–sandwiches, salad, soup– and beer, wine, and cocktails for anytime. There’s a $0.50 fiction section, a proofs wall featuring up and coming authors, a memoir section, featured art displayed throughout, and a variety of smaller but intriguing categories like health, the outdoors, and math. The bookstore features new and used books, graphic novels, and a variety of CDs and vinyl. Housing Works has cared for over 20,000 homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. The bookstore helps to fund Housing Works and provide employment to those who complete its job training program. The nonprofit has been around since 1990, and the bookstore since 1996. The bookstore is one arm of this nonprofit organization that works to fund and create legislation that will protect people living with HIV and AIDS, ensuring that they have access to quality housing, healthcare, and treatment. The mission of Housing Works is even more spectacular than its layout or delicious cafe treats. Housing Works is stunning inside, with winding staircases and an open upper reading area that looks down on the rest of the bookstore and the cafe. 126 Crosby Street, close to the Prince Street subway station My second stop on my NYC whirlwind bookstore extravaganza last June led me from Brooklyn to lower Manhattan, where I visited Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.
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