When I was about 18, me and two buds went to downtown Ellay. We went into a black shoe shine stand, and I asked for a shine. The dude lit my shoes on fire, and then said, that will be $ 20 bucks. I go WTF? And the black dude had two big friends there, and said that's the price, man! We should have protested and not paid that price, but violence was eminent. Young and dumb!1965.