The Marketing of 'Sambo's' | #curiousKC

In response to a curiousKC inquiry about what happened to Sambo's Restaurants, Tony Bolden, associate professor of African-American Studies and editor of the Langston Hughes Review from the University of Kansas, shares his experience about going to Sambo’s as a child in California. He also discusses the history around the name Sambo, and the implications of using the word to make money.

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The Library of Congress (1884)
The Library of Congress (1861)
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