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In the Amazon Prime show, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, set in the late 1950s,we see her frequent many restaurants and bars with African American customers and waiting staff, and there doesn't seem to be any obvious segregation. Was New York City really that integrated at the time?

by /u/marhaba89 in /r/AskHistorians

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