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Two ladies leaving a polling station, London, 1929.

The owners of Melanin Café are serving a splash of Black history to Alabama patrons with every cup of coffee.

Founded by Catrice Hixon and her husband Jakyra Hixon, the Opelika-based café offers drinks named after what she says are lesser-known Black contributors and landmarks.

For example, the coconut-vanilla flavored espresso drink “Check-Up” represents Dr. John W. Darden, Opelika, Alabama’s first Black doctor, as reported in US News.

The shop’s green smoothie is known as “Kowaliga.” At the bottom of Lake Martin lies Kowaliga, Alabama – a town known to be the site of the first-ever Black-owned railroad, as we previously reported. It flooded when the construction of Martin Dam was complete, and Lake Martin was formed.

Hixon, however, is making sure the town is never forgotten.

“We learned about Black history in school, but we only got civil rights, Martin Luther Kingand Rosa Parks,” she said in an interview. “I wanted to bring forward people we don’t really know about, people like inventors, scientists, and doctors.”

Location:
1467 Fox Run Pkwy
Opelika, AL.
334-203-1598
www.melanincafellc.com

Credit: travelnoire.com

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