37 min listen
Golden Arches in Black America
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have long symbolised capitalism’s villainous effects on our nation’s most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighbourhoods in the first place? Historian Marcia Chatelain whose new book is Franchise, The Golden Arches in Black America, traces the history of the relationships between the struggle for civil rights and the expansion of the fast food industry.A Taste of the Past is powered by Simplecast.
Released:
Feb 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: William Grimes: A History of New York Restaurants: On the pilot episode of A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio takes us on a journey through the history of New York City restaurants, from the big boarding house taverns to the Bijou-style eateries. by A Taste of the Past