“I think it’s the best thing for the bar. “Silence is acceptance and we have been silent for far too long,” Burkhart’s entertainer Shavonna Brooks said.Ĭhannel 2's Lauren Pozen learned Friday that the bar was supposed to open Saturday under new ownership.īar manager Douglas Youngblood said the change in ownership is good for all invested. RIGHT NOW! Steal the money, if you like, but don't try to take my flag because you might get seriously injured by doing so.” Those posts are both from 2015. Other posts in the screenshot do appear on Marsh’s account, including one that reads: “If the South had won, we would be a hell of a lot better off.” Another says: “My Confederate money that I inherited is on my kitchen counter. A different, recent post on his page, that also elicited angry comments, was taken down or removed from public view Tuesday evening. That post did not appear on Marsh's page when initially reviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday afternoon. The backlash follows the circulation early this week of a screenshot that appears to show Marsh using a racial slur about former President Barack Obama. Popular Atlanta drag queens took to social media to say that all entertainers quit the venue. Palmer Marsh, 70, had owned the gay and drag bar in Atlanta's Ansley Square for decades. A week after controversial Facebook posts surfaced on the account of the owner of Burkhart's Pub, a manger said the bar had been sold to new owners.
