Feb 12, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN – Valley businessman Herb Washington says McDonald’s Corp. is trying to take his black-owned businesses and give them to white ownership.
So Washington says he’s taking the corporate giant to court in a civil rights action.
Washington said in a statement released to media that he is speaking out against unfair treatment of black store owners.
“One of the nation’s greatest African American business success stories is seeing his hard work dismantled … And McDonald’s is adding insult to injury by handing his stores to white owners.”
McDonald’s corporate spokesman could not be immediately reached.