Word: shopping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...EVENING early last week Marcos Munoz and four fellow California farmworkers stood in front of DeMoulas's Supermarket in Lawrence, Mass., asking patrons to shop elsewhere. DeMoulas had twice broken a promise to Munoz that he would stop carrying grapes for the duration of the national grape boycott, so the farmworkers decided to picket the store until DeMoulas signed a written agreement...
...Delano, California. But the shoppers seemed unimpressed. Most of theim ignored the leaflets or grabbed at them perfunctorily to avoid an eye to eye confrontation with the picketers. Those who did stop were generally confused. They weren't going to buy grapes anyway, so why shouldn't they shop there? Wasn't this a secondary boycott, and wasn't that illegal? When the store closed at ten o'clock, the picketers tallied the two, three, or five shoppers they had each turned away, added to the total a few who might have seen the picket line from the parking...
...Munoz, a disarmingly affable Mexican-American, spoke enthusiastically about the pressure the Puerto Ricans could bring against DeMoulas, urging them to help their fellow Spanish-speaking Americans who were suffering, 3000 miles away, just so that DeMoulas could make a few extra dollars. If the Puerto Ricans would all shop at the First National Supermarket a few blocks away, Munoz told them, DeMoulas could quickly be brought to his knees...
...never believe it but I looked up your doll Akiko-man is she terrific. She finally admitted (next morning, haha) that she hasn't got another boyfriend. Those wild letters are turned out by a fantastic guy named Tokuji Sugaya in a love-letter shop in swinging old Shibuya who lets these gorgeous chicks talk for a while and then he sits down and writes notes to about ten or 20 G.I.s a day. He charges 300 yen a letter, and the clients are just the best I've ever seen...
...Angeles, two Negro civil rights workers, Robert Hall and Lou Smith, borrowed $1,000 to launch a job-training project. To provide the facilities, they started a service station, a clothing shop, and a firm that sells African-style garments to The May Co. and Bullock's department stores. "We want to create economic black power," says Hall, describing his plans to share profits with his 82 employees. "We want the people of the community to own everything we start...