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Demolition of controversial Aunt Fanny's Cabin has people talking

An historic, yet controversial, cabin in Smyrna has been demolished. The city says it was necessary. Those who aren't happy Aunt Fanny's Cabin was taken down showed up at Monday night's city council meeting. ....

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Georgia restaurant's unpalatable past

For half a century, celebrities, tourists and local residents flocked to Aunt Fanny's Cabin, a restaurant known as much for its Southern menu as for its depiction of plantation life and racist imagery, where white patrons were served by young black waiters with yoke-like wooden menu boards hung around their necks. ....

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A Georgia Restaurant Has a Racist History. What Should Become of It?

At Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, which closed years ago, young Black waiters sang for white patrons. The community is divided over how, and whether, to preserve the institution’s legacy. ....

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Aunt Fanny's Cabin will be moving

A decision has been made on an historic, yet controversial, building in Smyrna. City leaders voted to give it to a group that plans to move it to Carroll County. ....

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The Complex Legacy of an Anti-Black Restaurant Slated for Demolition | History

Locals in Smyrna, Georgia, are rallying to preserve Aunt Fanny’s Cabin as a tribute to eponymous Black cook Fanny Williams ....

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