Then 27, McDonald hadn’t given much thought to what kind of lawyer he’d be. But growing up in Winnsboro, South Carolina, he’d become increasingly disturbed by the treatment he saw whites give blacks there, in the Army, and at the year he spent at the University of South Carolina law school before transferring to the University of Virginia.
Then one night at the resort, the leader of a jazz band that played weekends asked him if they could stay the night, given the late hour and long drive back to Savannah. McDonald checked with the manager, who told him, “We don’t let no nigras sleep here.” McDonald decided to look for work elsewhere.
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