"I was down in Wilmington, Delaware, doing 'The Desk Set' with Shirley Booth. I was at the DuPont Hotel. I walked out, and there was this grill next door called the New England Grill. I loved seafood. They said very nicely, 'We don't serve colored people.'"
Louis Gossett Jr. was an American actor known for roles in Roots and An Officer and a Gentleman. He became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and remained a prominent film and television performer for decades.