Chicken Hut -- Durham's History

Have you eaten @chickenhutdurham this week? That's what you should be asking yourself, and your friends and family. Here are three good reasons to go, and to keep going: 1. They fry your chicken to order and it is the crispiest you have ever tasted (highly recommend with bubbles!), plus their soul food sides and desserts satisfy your deepest cravings 2. When you support them you support their capacity to serve community members in need (I'm talking like 500 free meals a week) 3. It is a Black-owned family business that Claiborne Tapp, Jr. started in 1957 (!) and passed to his wife Peggy, and it continues to thrive today under the leadership of their son Tre because of their steadfast determination to survive. Urban renewal (i.e., government funded destruction of Black neighborhoods) threatened their business from the start but they didn't give up. We need to frequent these institutions that matter. To learn more about Durham's history of land and housing inequality the 'Uneven Ground, Dismantling Hayti' #bullcity150 link in our bio is essential reading.

Story written by Kate Elia. Photos taken by Kate Elia. @_kateelia_

https://www.bullcity150.org/uneven_ground/dismantling_hayti/

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