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McDonald's Cafeteria [1]

February 3, 1982 
Customers wait to be served [2] at the original location of McDonald's Cafeteria on the corner of Beatties Ford and LaSalle St.

November 1, 1989 
John McDonald, Joe Poage, and Arthur Miller [3] calculate they had cooked more than 72,000 meals.

March 13, 1997

Geraldine Powe (center) introduces John Kiser (left) to Joe Martin [4] at McDonald's Cafeteria on Beatties Ford Road. Martin encouraged Charlotteans to have lunch with people of different races. Powe was inspired by Martin's challenge and invited Kiser to join her and her friends for lunch on March 13, 1997.

Exhibit & Section: 
African American Album Volume 2 [5]
Heritage [6]
Main Image: 
McDonald's Cafeteria
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Tags: 
African American Album 2 - Heritage - Beatties Ford Road [7]
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Source: 

The African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Vol. 2. Charlotte, NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1998. Computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.


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