The most rigid form of Jim Crow was practiced in East Anglia, where blacks were needed to perform essential work on bomber bases as truck drivers and ordnance workers. Blacks were stationed at segregated facilities near the bomber stations, but for both races the main nightlife was in larger towns like Ipswich, with its 150 public houses. With their smaller numbers, blacks were restricted to only eight Ipswich pubs, one dance hall, and a segregated Red Cross club. In East Anglia, the inappropriately named River Dove was the designated color line. All villages and towns east of the river were
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