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The original Waffle House no longer operates there. The 1,000th Waffle House is located down the street, however. Waffle House headquarters are today in [[Norcross, Georgia]].
Waffle House restaurants in Atlanta were among the first restaurants to serve black customers. Following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, riots broke out in some cities, and many Atlanta businesses closed out of fear of similar rioting. Waffle House did not close, however, and cofounder Rogers later was thanked by black leaders. In early 2005 a group called the Washington Lawyers' Committee filed discrimination suits in federal court, claiming systematic discriminatory practices and violations of civil rights laws. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, six of the most recent cases, juries found no acts of discrimination.
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With the help of a number of well-known Waffle House fans, the restaurant has worked its way into the cultural fabric of America. The southern comedian Jeff Foxworthy has long been a fan of the Waffle House, and in the 2003 film Blue Collar Comedy Tour—The Movie, he and his Waffle House colleagues Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White, and Bill Engvall were filmed eating at a Waffle House. The restaurant also made a cameo appearance in the Britney Spears movie Crossroads (2002) and played an integral role in the comedy Tin Cup (1996), which starred Kevin Costner, Don Johnson, and Rene Russo. The South Carolina–based rock band Hootie and the Blowfish released a CD in 2000 entitled Scattered, Smothered and Covered, with a photo of a Waffle House prominently placed on the album's cover, and the restaurant's popular hashbrowns were showcased on a Food Network episode of Sara's Secrets, starring Sara Moulton, a cookbook author and television chef.
The jukebox has been an important fixture in Waffle House lore, and in 1984 the company produced its own song—"Waffle House Family, Part 1"—for play in restaurants. Other songs have subsequently been released, including "844,739 Ways" (referencing the many ways to prepare a hamburger), "Special Lady" (dedicated to female employees), "It's Waffle House Time," and "Make Mine with Cheese."
In addition to its own Web site, thousands of sites are devoted to the Waffle House, with content ranging from anecdotes and recipe tips to political commentary, poetry, essays, and news on various customers who were so rooted to the restaurant that weddings and even funerals have been held there.
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