#Coon Chicken Inn

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Flying the Coop

By Ed Staskus    “Hey, what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Juozas Bankaitis barked coming back to his delivery truck. He had just dropped off three orders of fried chicken to a law office on the corner of 3rd St. and Yesler Way on Pioneer Square. Yesler Way was named after Henry Yesler, the founder of Seattle. A Negro man was tearing the spare tire cover off the back of his truck.    “Who…

[magicmenageriestuff]

My Pop Life #247 : This Is America - Childish Gambino

My Pop Life #247 : This Is America – Childish Gambino

This Is America   –   Childish Gambino

This is America  Don’t catch you slippin’ now  Look how I’m livin’ now Police be trippin’ now  Yeah, this is America  Guns in my area I got the strap  I gotta carry ’em Yeah, yeah, I’ma go into this                                                Yeah, yeah, this is guerilla                                                    Yeah, yeah, I’ma go get the bag Yeah,…

[nerdygaymormon]

Casa Lesbiana

First is the story of a lady who dealt with many hard things. Following that is info about her daughter who was an out-and-proud lesbian in early 20th Century Utah. The gay great-aunt of Thomas Monson is part of these stories.

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Sarah Ann Briggs traveled in the Martin Handcart Company with her parents and six siblings. During the ill-fated journey, 5-year-old Sarah Ann lost her father and two siblings to hunger and freezing weather.

Less than four years after arriving in Utah, Sarah Ann’s widowed mother (who had remarried as a polygamous wife) died from a scorpion bite in 1860. The orphaned 9-year-old Sarah Ann was sent to live with one of her new stepsisters, Elizabeth Clark Handley, and her husband George Handley.

In the Spring of 1866 George Handley was ordered by a high-ranking church leader to take a second wife. As both George and his wife were opposed to polygamy, he instead requested to move with his family back to Keokuk, Iowa, a Mormon settlement along the Mormon Trail. 

Soon thereafter, the Handleys were visited by Mormon vigilantes at night who burned down their barn as a warning to George to remain in Zion, as well as to obey the orders of his ecclesiastical leaders by marrying a second wife. On May 19, 1866, 42-year-old George Handley was sealed in the Salt Lake Endowment House to his first wife, Elizabeth Clark (whom he had civilly married in 1846), and then was polygamously sealed to her stepsister, the 14-year-old Sarah Ann Briggs.

Within a week after their marriage, young Sarah Ann had already conceived her first child.  

47-year-old George Handley died in 1874 from a stroke. Thus, at the age of 22, Sarah Ann Briggs Handley found herself a widow with four small children to support and raise on her own

Embittered by her whole experience with Mormonism (the arduous journey to America, the grueling and tragic trek, the horrible deaths of her parents, her forced polygamous marriage, and giving birth to children when she herself was still just a child), she abandoned Mormonism and joined the Episcopal Church in Salt Lake City. 

Handley family tradition says that, sometime between 1880 and 1882, Church leaders insisted that Elizabeth Clark Handley take away and raise Sarah Ann’s children so that they would remain in the Mormon faith. When Sarah Ann married Episcopal dentist Arvis S. Chapman in 1883, her young children were no longer residing with her. 

Sarah Ann and Arvis Chapman had 2 children, a son who died young and a daughter named Mary Edith Chapman. Arvis died in 1919.

The 1920 census showed that 61-year-old Caroline Monson, who went by Carline, was the live-in “servant” of 69-year-old Sarah Ann. Carline is the great aunt of Thomas Monson, who became Church president. Carline never married and is believed to have been a lesbian. 

Sarah Ann died in 1923.

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Edith Chapman, daughter of Sarah Ann, was an instructor at the University of Utah and inherited her parent’s home at 615 E. 900 South [now Harvey Milk Blvd.], just north of Liberty Park (the Chapman Branch of the Salt Lake Public Library system was named for her aunt Ann Chapman, who was rumored to be a lesbian).

Edith opened her home to other professional, lesbian boarders beginning in 1923. Grace Nickerson, an instructor at the LDS School of Music (in the McCune Mansion) was the first boarder in Edith’s house. 

In 1924, 39-year-old Edith met and fell in love with 23-year-old Mildred “Barrie” Berryman. Mildred was a pioneering sexologist who was studying a Lesbians and Gay men in Salt Lake. Edith was one of Mildred’s subjects. While their relationship only lasted a brief time, Mildred lived with Edith for four years in the lesbian boarding house. 

Carline Monson also lived in the house. Edith, busy with her education career, had Carline run the boarding house.

In 1925, Grace Nickerson moved out of the house, and 25-year-old Dorothy Graham replaced her. Dorothy was a lesbian and the manager of the Coon Chicken Inn in Salt Lake (a well-known restaurant owned by her family, which featured male drag performers).

The friends of Dorothy, Carline, Edith and Mildred nicknamed the house “Casa Lesbiana.”

Mildred moved out in 1929.

By 1931, Edith had grown tired of her limited romantic options in Salt Lake. While there were several bars in Salt Lake at the time (mostly on upper State Street) where Gay men could frequent, the Lesbian community resorted to home parties and making “pilgrimages” to San Francisco. Edith had joined some of these excursions to the Bay Area in the 1920s and fell in love with the social climate there. 

Edith closed the boarding house, signed over ownership of her home to Carline Monson in 1931, and moved to Berkeley, California, where she continued teaching until her death in 1967. Her obituary referred to herself as “the loving friend of Miss Dorothy J. Wobbs.” 

[africandiasporaphd]

#Repost @sejr_phd (@get_repost) ・・・ Yesterday, during Halloween, I posted an image of a child (with no identifying information/with their face completely obscured) whose (African-descended) parents decided to dress them up as a Popeye’s fried chicken sandwich. I posted the anonymous image with a comment criticizing the parents for their decision to do so. I made it clear that my criticism was grounded in the very fraught, racist history of African-Americans’ relationships to fried chicken. One of the parents, and others, objected to this post. I have deleted it to respect their requests to do so. It was an erroneous way to raise concerns about the parents’ decision, and their clear lack of historical understanding about why their decision might be problematic to others who might be aware of this longer, fraught and racist history. There isn’t much I can do on this platform to convey this complex history. But for those of you that are interested in it, I ask that you: 1: ask your elders about this issue 2: do research on your own 3: look at the images here of the “coon Chicken Inn,” which was a franchise that was located in places we would never expect, like Seattle and Salt Lake City, 3: research the history of this franchise and African-Americans’ sustained protest against it. (People are actually selling memorabilia from the restaurant on eBay. So it is not long, far gone history.) 4: You should also research contemporary African-American protests against Popeye’s for their derogatory depictions of black people, especially black women (especially “Annie” aka “the maker of all our chicken.”) and Popeye’s resounding f-you to their concerns. I reiterate my assertion that black parents should not be dressing their children up as fried chicken (or watermelon). Especially if you have no clue about why it would problematic to do so in the first place. If you don’t like or appreciate this post, feel completely free to unfollow/unfriend me. Enjoy your Weekend loves. 🤓 https://ift.tt/36nJxgF Follow #ADPhD on IG: @afrxdiasporaphd

[tkriddick]

#Repost from @bigindytv with @regram.app ... Coon Chicken Inn was a small restaurant chain in America from the late 1920s through the 1950s. The restaurants were known for their entrances, which featured the head of a winking, grinning, caricatured black man wearing a porter's cap. The words "Coon Chicken Inn" were written on teeth framed by oversized red lips. Visitors entered through a doorway in the middle of the black man's mouth. The menu included southern fried "Coon Chicken" sandwiches and chicken pie, as well as hamburgers, seafood, chili, and assorted sandwiches. Blacks (especially ones with very dark skin) were employed as waiters, waitresses, and cooks. #HYON #ADOS #Tangibles2020 #Izm #Tariq #Nasheed #Hidden #colors #like #comment #vote #subscribe #share #politics #Reparations #blackhistory #neverforget #StolenLegacy #StayWoke #RBG #SunPeople #sirius #FBA https://www.instagram.com/p/B2DlAWVlxyJ/?igshid=nbafru1idx6r

[demdread]

...Ahh America's "secret" yet famous good ole Coon Chicken Inn, established in 1925 and unfortunately ended in the late 1950's. What's interesting is how CCI made it's debut about 100 years after Zip Coon of the Minstrel show days, and how CCI actually THRIVED during the Great depression. It just goes to show the spirit, determination and true heart of America. Wasn't it also interesting how CCI locations were distributed throughout Seattle, Portland and Utah, and not any southern states? At least America kept us fed right? #OhHappyDay #AncientHistory #WeAreAllAmerican https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2brhblzWl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cpgwgswcml8m

[smokycaramel]

Coon Chicken Inn. When i hear white conservatives talk about tradition and family values, and what it means to be an American under the flag of so called freedom. The American flag has been flying high throughout all of their racist bullshit.

[armahnsbigblog]

Stereotypes and Birth of A Nation

Birth of A Nation involves many racist and offensive stereotypes such as The Tom, The Mammy and The Pickaninny, however, one of the most common stereotypes that we hear today is the fact that black people love chicken. This is a stereotype that has been passed around as a joke (which it’s not), as an insult and as a way to degrade black people as well. The movie, Birth of A Nation, truly enlightened me about many stereotypes which I was not aware of, however, it brought me back to many of the ones which I already know. There was a restaurant called Coon-Chicken Inn, years ago and as we can tell by the name of the restaurant, it was built and advertised as a way to degrade black people. I thought it was related to the movie as, Birth of A Nation brought the stereotypes of Ethnic Notions to life and Coon-Chicken Inn, this piece of propaganda, brought the chicken stereotype to life as a brand that people liked, which I thought was very disgraceful. The piece of art really resonated with me on the same wavelength of the movie as providing to me that we've come a long way however, still have a long way to go. 

[adiamondsrae]

🤦🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🤬🤯...Coon Chicken Inn...how can one even think that this was a great idea or even a business venture . Like how much hate do you gotta have in your heart and just pure ignorance running through your body to build a place like this. I KNOW DAMN WELL THEY HAD SOMEONE’S BLACK GRANDMOTHER OR/AND GRANDFATHER making the food in the back !!! I’m sure they also had THE AUDACITY to have a working staff of Black people working & serving them . THE BIGGEST SLAP in the face of what our ancestors had to go through...I’d burn that place to the ground...and smh, let them tell me I’m rioting...no I saw a piece of humongous piece of shit and I lit it on fire...a did a service for my community...of course I’d make sure no one was burned alive but I’d burn it in front of the owner so he would know a whole lot better than to try this LEVEL of fuckery here ! You know what...now that I think of it... the riots remind me of slightly...a more realistic version of Disney’s Robin Hood...Robin only stole to give back to the hood & it’s people...FRUIT FOR THOUGHT 😗🤔✨💅🏽💯✨ (no not all of the rioting was for the good of the people...but some of it was absolutely positively for the people...can y’all hear us now...good ✨💯✨😌😁#BlackGirlsLoveHorrorToo #BGLHT #Melanin #BlackGirlMagic #Cosplay #Horror #Halloween #HalloweenIsYearRound #HorrorMovies #Scary #HorrorFan #Movie #HorrorMovie #HorrorArt #HorrorFilm #Spooky #LaCorona #CoronaVirus #HomeVideos #ThePurge #BlackLivesMatter #WeAreNotJustAnotherHashtag #BlackGirlsAndBoyGotThatMagic #BlackGirlsAndBoysAreMagical #StopPaintingUsAsAMinority #StopPaintingBlacknessLikeItsABadThing #WeAreNotTheMinority https://www.instagram.com/p/CCaXDaHlapz/?igshid=1i3rx4k4rl49g

[batneko]

WOW I just had a conversation with a guy about antiques, and he started lamenting that you can't find Aunt Jemima or Coon Chicken Inn stuff anymore

like, bro, there is a VERY VERY GOOD REASON for that

jesus

[dbwfilmreviews]

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a 2004 mockumentary film written and directed by Kevin Willmont. The film is presented as a BBC documentary about the history of the United States, wherein the Confederacy wins the American Civil War. The Confederacy establishes a new Confederate States of America that includes the former continental United States, the Caribbean, and South America. The film details significant political and cultural events of Confederate history from its founding just prior to the American Civil War, until the early 2000s. Willmont’s concept is used to satirize real-life issues and events, and to shed light on the continuing existence of discrimination in American culture.

This film was hilarious! It successfully satirizes American Culture and History. The charcters that were interviewed made the most ridiculous comments about the history of the CSA. The advertisements they played throughout the film were ridiculous! Darkie, a charcoal based toothpaste, The Shackle, an electronic device that tracks your “servants,” and the Coon Chicken Inn.

Although the film was funny, it was a surreal experience for me. The film is 100% fiction, but the amount of fact that it’s based on is terrifying. The idea that the CSA would colonize Mexico to certains of South America was real! The confederacy did want to do that! Some of the advertisements in the movie like Darkie Toothpaste and the Coon Chicken Inn were real things. When I finished watching this movie I really wasn’t sure how to feel. The movie was good, it just put me in a really dark place. The ideas explored in the film still exist. If white people had an opportunity to be open about their hated for Black people and other people of color, the world would be an even scarier place than it already is.

This is the first movie I’ve watched that I didn’t really enjoy. It left me feeling uncomfortable and upset. I was uncomfortable because the events of this movie could have easily taken place. This is was upset me about the film. It further proved how much there is left to change in our society in regards to race and race relations.

[nastyfreakho]

Coon Chicken Inn was an American chain of four restaurants founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925, which prospered until the late 1950s. The restaurant's name contains the word "Coon", considered an ethnic slur, and the trademarks and entrances of the restaurants were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter. The smiling capped porter head also appeared on menus, dishes, and promotional items. Due to change in popular culture and the general consideration of being culturally and racially offensive, the chain was closed. The first Coon Chicken Inn was opened in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah in 1925. In 1929, another restaurant was opened in then-suburban Lake City, Seattle, and a third was opened in the Hollywood District of Portland, Oregon, in 1931. A fourth location was advertised but never opened in Spokane, Washington. Later, a cabaret, orchestra, and catering were added to the Seattle and Salt Lake restaurants. The Portland location at 5474 NE Sandy Blvd. closed in 1949 and was converted into another restaurant. It's currently the location of Clyde's Prime Rib.The Seattle location also closed in 1949 and is no longer standing. That address at 8500 Lake City Way is now occupied by The Growler Guys restaurant. The Salt Lake City location at 2941 S. Highland Drive closed in 1957 and is now a parking lot. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2SZk_F2QzGz5RQG0gR2tKtHqvZNa0-4jhaHE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jh4igwq15996

[brohammas]

Black History Month: Black Face and Fried Chicken

Black History Month: Black Face and Fried Chicken

In 1925 a Utah businessman having just sold his car dealership was looking for a new venture. Having a good sense of his market he moved from selling cars into selling fried chicken.

He opened a cabaret restaurant and called it “The Coon Chicken Inn”.

The spot’s décor featured a black face minstrel, complete with over-sized grin, bright red lips, and a winking eye. The icon was plastered on all…

[janiesoveralls-blog]

Image courtesy of NYPL Schomburg Center

By Samantha de Vera

This menu is a curious item. Like the Black employees at Coon Chicken Inn, it seems to render the children on top of it as “nothing more than another item that accompanied [the patrons’] food” (71). The image of Black children has constantly been exploited in the commercial world as both Tompkins and Williams-Forson show. Advertisements render them in ridiculous situations, grossly making light of the reality of African American children. More disturbingly, there seems to be a perversely erotic element in this menu; all the boys are not wearing shirts and, if the patron turns the menu over, he or she is confronted with the children’s backsides. Whoever made this menu is trapped in a white discourse that sees African Americans as only fitting to do domestic or service jobs. As though determining, the course of the children’s lives, the “artist” half-dresses them servers’ clothes. I, thus, ask the same question that Williams-Forson puts forth: how does a person practice self-definition when one is surrounded by a discourse and visual culture that imposes an identity on him/her? How does one do this as a child? Images like this were part of a larger effort to deprive African Americans of the right to self-definition and self-determinism. But if we are to lift the veil of caricature, this image reveals white anxiety. As African American children slowly came to enjoy a measure of the privileges their white counterparts had, white-dominated visual culture sought to delineate the two even at the cost of condemning the other to a life marked by discrimination.

[note-a-bear]

The sambo bellhop wasn't good enough

They had to be real clear with that "coon chicken inn"

the yt’s are at it again