What are two specific events in the story "Battle Royal" that are meant to explain certain aspects of the African American experience before the Civil...

One small
event that explains certain aspects of the time before civil rights movement is the fact the
narrator and the other nine young men who are to take part in the boxing battle are crowded into
a servant's elevator. As the narrator says:

I didn't like
the manner in which we were all crowded together in the servants' elevator.

It's not clear at this point if this is because the narrator
dislikes being treated like a servant or if he dislikes being so close to his other nine peers,
to whom he states he feels superior. But in terms of the civil rights movement, segregated
public facilities, such as water fountains, lunch counters, and rest rooms were important
rallying points in the struggle for equality. Being segregated reinforces the idea that blacks
are different and inferior to whites. In the story, whether the narrator realizes it or not,
even before he becomes entertainment for the white audience, he is being "put into his
place" as a black by having to ride in an inferior...