Racial Segregation
"Waiting in Line at the Drugstore" is based on the writer's experiences as an African-American boy growing up in the American south in the 1930's.
(This picture is at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8a41115)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsa:m856sf=8a41115)
In the above picture, taken in the 1930's, an African-American movie patron is climbing the stairs to the upper rear part of the theater where blacks were required to sit at that time.
To better understand Jackson's story, read about segregation and the "Jim Crow Laws."
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