On the other hand, fast food served as a stand-in for the state it represented the move from government-backed civil rights to the “silver rights” to participate in the market economy. On the one hand, they often were willing to do business in riot-afflicted black communities where others were not, creating gathering spaces and opportunities for jobs and community revitalization. For black communities, fast-food companies were both solution and symptom. In Franchise, Marcia Chatelain argues that McDonald’s nationwide expansion in the late 1960s was inextricably tied to the aftermath of the civil rights movement. For this edition, Christian Hosam spoke with Marcia Chatelain, author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America (Liveright). An interview with Marcia Chatelain, the author of Franchise-a book about how “stateless people found some comfort in a corporation.” Christian Hosam ▪ February 21, 2020īooked is a series of interviews about new books.
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