I’ve been shown many courtesies by the whites.” “Oh, we’ve made strides,” he said. “But we’ve got to do a lot better. Then, too, New Orleans is more enlightened than anyplace else in the state - or in the South.” “Why is that, I wonder?” I asked. “Well, it’s far more cosmopolitan, for one thing. And it’s got a strong Catholic population,” he said. “A white man can show you courtesies without fearing some neighbor will call him a ‘nigger-lover’ like they do in other places.”
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