On 06/19/2017 10:17 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
The food was wonderful, and Southern cooking at its best. The
unexpected thing was that the kitchen and serving staff were all black
and dressed as slaves might have been dressed during that period.

Yeah, that wouldn't fly today either. When I stayed at the Hyatt lester
Maddox had a gift store in Underground Atlanta where he sold ax handles
among other thing. I got an autographed photo for a friend in Boston who
was a McGovern supporter.

http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/do...stermaddox.htm

Sometime in the '80s I went back to Atlanta and mentioned going to
Underground Atlanta to someone. "No, you don't want to do that." was the
advice. I think they may have cleaned it up again.

I have a cousin who moved to a senior citizen complex near Atlanta to be
close to her daughter. As a born and bred Yankee she had a bit of a
culture shock.