Cracker Barrel Boycotts

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In 1991 Cracker Barrel announced a new policy requiring all employees "to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." In response, the Atlanta chapter of Queer Nation, an LGBTQ+ rights group, planned protests at Cracker Barrel locations across north Georgia.

Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Bulletin announcing protest against Cracker Barrel

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