David Mason, Jr. - On the sit-in at Colonial Drugstore (clip)

David Mason, Jr.: And I remember when we went in, we sat down and Big John said, “Mason, you, you know y’all are not supposed to be sitting down here.” And I said, “Why? We just want a soda.” And he said, “well y’all can get your sodas, and y’all have to leave.” And Harold said “No, we aren’t going anywhere.” So Big John said, “Well, I’m going to call the police.” And so I said, “Well, go ahead and call the police.” And John said, “Well, I really don’t want to call the police over y’all. But y’all are trespassing. I’m going to have to call them.” So we said, “Well, go ahead and do it.”