Civil Rights Landmark to be Demolished ~ Bush* Economy at work

The restaurant that served as unofficial headquarters of the civil rights movement will be demolished to make way for a college dormitory, officials said.
The decision to raze Paschal's restaurant was based on finances, said its owner, Clark Atlanta University. The eatery is losing $500,000 a year, an amount that the university cannot afford to cover. Clark Atlanta itself faces a $7.5 million operating deficit.
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Some Paschal's supporters continued to insist that the restaurant be preserved.

"It is a very, very important piece of Americana, particularly black Americana," state Rep. Tyrone Brooks said. "We can always find land for dorms. Paschal's is too valuable, too significant to have a bulldozer come and knock it down."

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"People have tried to make it look like we don't care about civil rights," he said. "But the civil rights movement, above everything else, was about educating young men and women of color. Dr. King understood how important education was."

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