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Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Released Thursday, 28th December 2023
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Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Bea McCormack: Bob’s Candy Company and Black History

Thursday, 28th December 2023
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Stuart Watson <[email protected]>6:10 PM (2 hours ago)to meIn my home town of Albany, Georgia a family owned candy cane company became synonymous with Christmas. Bob’s Candy Company was run by Bob McCormack.

 Bea McCormack was there. Bob was her brother. And she recalls how they did something unusual for the time in the Deep South: paid Black workers the same wages as Whites.

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