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Binah: Marcia Chatelain On Fast Food Franchises In Black America

Historian Marcia Chatelain shares the untold story of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Her new book is Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. She’s joined in conversation by Brandi Thompson Summers, Assistant Professor of Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies at UC Berkeley.

David Kwan is the editor and producer of Binah, featuring remarkable artists and thinkers who’ve come to speak at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as part of their Arts & Ideas program.