KCUR Proudly Reports: Kansas City McDonald's Serves Social Justice

Old school context . . . 

I'm sure this cash might still come in handy if they deployed it wisely: 

McDonald's heir leaves $200 million for NPR

Meanwhile . . . 

Here's local tribute that smells like sponsored content but still smells McFishy . . .

"A 1975 protest at a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas City emerged from years of escalating tension — between Black community members and their city, and between McDonald’s and the neighborhoods it inhabited. But this particular location was also one of the first Black-owned fast-food franchises in the country, an accomplishment born from its own struggle for inclusion."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

How a McDonald's in Kansas City got pulled into the Black community's fight for justice

Kansas City community organizer Lee Bohannon speaks at City Hall on April 9, 1968 — the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral. Behind him is an original McDonald's hamburger stand.

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