THIS SO IMPORTANT TO WATCH SUNDAY ON DATELINE. An incredible story!!!

I Grew up in Greenwood, Miss. and frequented Booker's place many a time. I was born and lived in Baptist Town, across the railroad tracks from the restaurant where Mr. Wright worked. Ironically the restaurant was located next door to a prominent Black church and the parishioners could not have lunch there after church.

All Americans need to remember that a time existed in America when a person of color had little or no power against a white power structure that called itself "democratic." Thank God for the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and all the thousands of Americans of conscience, of all colors, that have put this country on a path that I am certain the Founding Fathers would be proud of (yes, even those that "owned" slaves).

Thank You NBC Dateline for bringing this story to 21st century Americans. I was shocked watching the original piece "Mississippi: A Self-Portrait" that was aired in my early childhood. It is impossible to watch Booker Wright's presentation without feeling the degradation and shame pushed upon him by a cruel system of segregation in the mid-1960's South. That being said, his hopeful wishes for his children's future shines past all of that. This should be "required viewing" for all thinking people.

I am a fifty year old half Lebanese half white male. I was born in Greenwood Ms. While reading this story ,it brought me back to those very days as a child in Greenwood and i have to say just reading this,it is exactly how many blacks lived their daily life's. My father and his family ran a grocery store in the old part of Greenwood,many of their customers were black.i grew to know many of these blacks and came to realize that they were decent well mannered people . My dad taught me that all people were created equal and should be treated with respect,I have also passed this onto my children. Though many people did act towards blacks just like this story says,many did not, and treated them with respect. I would like to also say that going school in Mississippi right after segregation, I saw racism from both directions. To all the Yankees reading this story and commenting, don't think for one minute, that racism didn't happen up north ,it did, and still does today.I cant wait to watch this segment tonight and see how fairly people in greenwood today ,are portraed, because it is truly a different place, where blacks and whites live and work ,side by side in peace.

I saw my Dad in the beginning of the video.sitting at a table with some other men. He died in 1972. He partnered with Hardy Lott on the Medgar Evers case.If I hear my Dad talk it will be the first time I've heard his voice since he died.

Thanks NBC for airing this important piece. Booker Wright is am American hero and I'm glad you took the time to air the story. It's important for us to remember that ordinary people should be our biggest heroes! That said, I read a great book (albeit fiction) with a story similar to this (woman discovers the heroes in her own African-American family) and couldn't put it down ("A Matter of Pride" by Jane Gill). Thanks for showing us that our heroes are real people!

This is a great documentary. Thank you for putting it on.

Mr Holt,

I have not seen images like this in years!! As a lifelong liberal I was always confused when my dad would say, "Oh, its just the coloreds starting trouble again!" They looked like people to me, even though I was 16 years old before I'd met a black man. I live in the north and it was here too. You have found a hero of those times and I admire your work!!!

A wonderful documentary.

What an outstanding piece! The original film was important, and re-exploring it gives us a glimpse of history. Bravo!

My life changed growing up doing the height of the Civil Rights Moment. I became aware that the definition of my life came down to the color of my skin. There was nothing in me that would allow me to accept my race as something demeaning. My own heritage is a United Nation's unto itself and this is how I decided to let others see me. Yes, my color is that of a Black person, but its those other nationalities I inherited that also define who and what I am and would become in this nation.

It just sends chills down my spine as I listen to Mr. Booker explain the attitude he must maintain while he's being humiliated during a time of segregation in this country. The thing that is ironic is that if they were honest, many African-Americans,Native-Americans, Latinos, Asians and Mexican Americans suffer in silence everyday. I'm happy for Ray and Yvette. He's able to re-document what actually occurred. Yvette was able to see her grandfather in a positive light. An intelligent man despite his lack of formal education he was a businessman. Mr. Booker was instructing others how to conduct themselves in the face of humiliation. Isn't that something! :)

I love this documentary. It is so sad that back then and even now, blacks are targeted for maliciousness by those that are racial. I wish America could finally come together because it doesn't matter your skin color, you are still a person that lives, loves and feels pain in your heart.

What a story. I was a sophomore in high school when this occurred. Growing up in small-town central Florida, I witnessed much of this behavior and will never forget the attitude. As an adult, aware of the civil rights movement during my transition to early adulthood, I made a decision to never contribute one dime to the state of Mississippi's tourism industry. I refuse to participate in any way with anyone who fosters or encourages such a philosophy. As an adult, have traveled THRU to reach point B from A, but have spent no time there. In recent times, I know things have changed. Thanks be to God. It still has no drawing power for me to visit, much to my sadness to relinquish all the beauty and history the area offers. Hopefully, progress will continue to be made.

Applauding Dateline for showing this powerful piece of history.

The Booker Story is a great one. I have three sides to this story. The first, more stories should be told about the unsung heroes. The unsung Black or White folk from the Deep South, who took tremendous risk to bring exposure to America’s most national shame; racism. Second, the regular Black guy story should not be an event where family and film members should monetize. All proceeds from this documentary/film should be used to aid in bringing more exposure to America’s other shames. And finally, I wish that Booker’s granddaughter could have figured out who she was at an earlier age and not when there is an opportunity to generate additional income. What happen if there was no NBC tape and her grandfather was not Booker? While I have the knowledge as to why her family did not get her expose to her history, I do fault them for not being able to bring her back to her Mississippi roots. Based on her reaction when Mr. Holt asked her about her only 2 visits when she was younger, I question whether she would have gone back to visit where her family grew up if it was not for the filming/book writing opportunities. Again a great story for all Americans to see and learn.

At last! A program of substance as opposed to the celebrity "news" too often presented on this program. Mr. Wright is an unsung hero, a strong man, and a humanist. Let's see more of this and less yellow journalism on Dateline.

I was born and raised in California. People tend to think that the Civil Rights issues were limited to the Southern States. But as a pre-teen living in Hollister, California in 1967 I remember going to the movie theater with my friends and seeing a sign that read "Colored Section". At the time I didn't realize the significance of the sign. But in Hollister there were no black people that I remember at that time. The "Colored people" the sign referred to were Mexican Americans.

I can only imagine there must have been similar conditions for Native Americans in places like North Dakota and New Mexico.

Someone very close to me, a white woman in California I'll call Mary, adopted two black brothers who were addicted to crack cocaine at birth and had serious health issues. Adoption was sought in the black community first but it seemed nobody wanted to take these two. The boys are grown now. But along the way we were all surprised to find criticism and anger directed to Mary from black people.

The point I'm trying to make, not to detract from anything that happened in Mississippi, is that racism and discrimination have not been only in the South. They have existed, and continue to exist, everywhere. And they are not only white against black. Are things better today than they were back in the 1960's?...absolutely they are! But some roots don't let go when you pull on them. And in my opinion, this is a spiritual issue. As it has been said, "you can't legislate morality". People's hearts must change. And I know many hackles will bristle when I say this, but changing hearts is what God does...when we let Him.

We all think that racism and discrimination only exists in others and never in ourselves.

Here's a challenge for the reader: Examine your own heart. Ask God to reveal any lies that have been hidden there. Ask God to teach you what the truth really is. And make a decision to change...to turn toward that truth. I have no control over the heart of another. But I have something to say about my own heart.

This was a great story-thanks Dateline for bringing Booker's story back to public view after all these years.

I am bummed that I missed the show. Will it be broadcast again?

I missed it last night. Will it broadcast again?