Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, which was segregated in its early years, operated from 1941 to 1992, serving fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, “gen-u-wine Smithfield Ham” and other regional specialties. Jackie Gleason ate at Aunt Fanny’s. “It don’t remind me of nothing but racism,” said Roderick McNeal, who worked at Aunt Fanny’s in the summer of 1959. “Even if it was based on slave times, no one treated us like slaves, and it is a part of history,” said Jo Ann Trimble, who worked at Aunt Fanny’s for 19 years. “How do we preserve history when the physical space is no longer there?”© 2022 The New York Times Company

Source: New York Times April 05, 2022 00:46 UTC