As he was leaving, he turned to Louis Pitzitz, owner of Birmingham’s largest department store. “Mr. Pitzitz,” he said, “the last time, they arrested two students in your store. This time it’s gonna be different. Martin Luther King and I are gonna sit on your stool, and we aren’t gonna walk out. They’re gonna have to drag us out. And the press will be there. And you’ll be out of business all over Alabama. That’s just the way it is.”
