WilcoHistBuff t1_j0x1g4l wrote on December 20, 2022 at 1:23 AM

Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in TIL that due to anti-Chinese sentiment in San Francisco in the late 19th century, Levi's jeans briefly held the slogan "The only kind made by white labor" on its logo. by lemming-leader12

It should be pointed out that Chock Full o’ Nuts not only was dedicated to equal opportunity employment, it also hired Jackie Robinson as a VP of HR, had no problem with him being a civil rights activists while in their employ, and donated funds to the NAACP. You can call William Black’s efforts bubbling, but for the time the company’s hiring practices were ahead of the curve.

Also not sure that the main driver on the food never touched by human hand was a race issue. They used tongs to cook and assemble meals and advertised that fact.

KindAwareness3073 t1_j0x7nhy wrote on December 20, 2022 at 2:09 AM

Not the avowed meaning, but it was pretty clear to patrons at the time. But certainly true they were "ahead of the curve". In the era few blacks were "front of the house" in any restaurants.