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Birmingham Freedom Food

Eagles Restaurant
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Kellogg Center at Tuskegee University
Green Acres Cafe
Alabama Jazz Hall
Yeh Mon
Za Restaurant
T Bones Cheese Steaks

Green Acres chain in Birmingham began in 1958 with four locations in Centerpoint, Irondale, Hueytown and Eastlake

Eagles Restaurant opened in 1951 and fed the demonstrators during the Children’s Crusade.

The more than 330,000 African-Americans in the Birmingham region spend $500 million on food, $175 million on out of home spending, according to Say Grace and Wipe Yo’ Hands: BlackRestaurant.NET Guide to America’s Black Restaurants.