Monte Mader- Anniversary of the Tulsa massacre

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8. I worked at the longest continuously run restaurant in Austin that was the only restaurant in Austin that didn't ...

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... operate Jim Crow. It was in a mansion that was owned by the Faulk family. When the slaves were freed they given the land around the house and the streets bear the names of the ex-slaves who owned the property. Judge Henry Faulk defended Eugene Debbs whom President Wilson wanted executed for treason. Judge Faulk got him 10 years. Yellow Dog Democrats had their founding here.

Judge Faulk]s son, John Henry Faulk was born here. He wrote a great book, "The Making of a Liberated Mind" He had a show WABC New York that was syndicated across the country. And was black listed during the Red Scares.

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His daughter Mary Faulk Koock opened the restaurant within weeks of the stock-market crash broke her husband's family company. her story is pretty amazing also. Look up the Faulks, pretty amazing family.