![]() ![]() ![]() MC: So Richard and Maurice McDonald were the founders of McDonald's, and they were two brothers from New Hampshire who moved to California during the Depression to figure out their lives. To begin, who started McDonald’s and when? A condensed transcript edited for clarity is below.īen: Professor Chatelain, thank you so much for being here.īen: Of course-it's all downhill from here. Professor Chatelain and I discussed McDonald’s growth in Black communities following MLK’s death, corporations’ distortion of MLK’s legacy, and the long entrenchment of food inequity. Professor Chatelain is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. To reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, celebrated on Monday, I spoke to Professor Marcia Chatelain about the interconnected rise of McDonald’s. ![]()
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