“Red Lobster cultivated Black customers.
Red Lobster did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on current customer demographics.
Red Lobster was not a “place we frequented a whole lot” in its early days, said Harold Dwight, who graduated two years after Boatwright in 1968.
Red Lobster later named one of its signature dishes after King: “Walt’s Favorite Shrimp.” King died last year.
Red Lobster brought the “outdoor fried fish experience” indoors, Autry said.
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