Before prohibition, bars were segregated - once prohibition came into effect, anyone who wanted to operate illegally couldn't afford to be so "racial" about it.
So suddenly all races were accepted and shoved into underground speakeasys together - women as well, as before prohibition, it was considered uncouth for women to drink in public. With no booze to buy for home, it was time to get off their cans and join the men folk at the Speakeasys
Mens, womens, blacks, whites, and all races alike came together in these underground Speakeasy's one hundred years ago, and somehow, one hundred years ago, for the sake of a good time, didn't ruin it for themselves...and something tells me it wasn't by biting their tongues...something tells me, back then, they were having a lot of unfiltered, all on the table, uncomfortable conversations - before the powers that be realized their mistake, reversed prohibition, and let us all scatter back to our own neighborhoods...
Welcome to the Speakeasy...