Good morning Obots! Today's black celebrity-owned restaurant is Gladys and Ron's Chicken and Waffles based in Atlanta. In 1996, Gladys Knight partnered with a fellow vocalist Ron Winans to open "Gladys Knight and Ron Winan's Chicken & Waffles" in Atlanta. Ms. Knight has said she got the inspiration from Wells Supper Club, a Harlem eatery where she and other … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread
Gladys Knight
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The Chicago Soul Series concludes today with the incomparable Curtis Mayfield. (From Curtis Mayfield Official Site) Curtis Mayfield was born July 3, 1942 in the Cabrini-Green housing projects, Chicago’s North Side, part of a single parent, seven member family in a small apartment. Mayfield first sang before the public in his grandmother’s Traveling Soul Spiritualists’ … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread