IslandMix

We all know about MLK, Marcus Garvey, and the other famous, more prominent
black figures in history, but what about the less famous ones who have
made arguably as valuable contributions?

Take Exhibit 1...

Cheryl "Peaches" Delaney of Englewood, NJ, was working the night shift at
a McDonalds in 1974. The 16 year-old high school junior had just
been severely reprimanded by her manager, one Arnold McFarland, over her
Afro hairdo being unprofessional. McFarland gave her an ultimatum of
wearing
a clown hat or being fired. Delaney, working to save money for
cosmetology school, relented and wore the clown hat.

Hours later, she noticed several of her classmates in the
drive-through window, on their way to a party. Lucious Jones, Fred
Williams,
Eddie James, and Derrick Smith were riding in a green AMC Pacer. The
four
of them ordered four hamburgers, and were going to split three orders of
fries and two cokes. Peaches, filling the order, noticed that
McFarland
(the manager) had taken his nightly thirty-minute bathroom break,
had
an epiphany.

She locked eyes with LaWanda, who was on fries, and Fat Sam, who was on
the register, and in a blur of motion, they stuffed 5 jumbo bags with
every single hamburger, cheeseburger, French fry, cookie, and other
item
they could find, accepting $1.01 from Lucious Jones as payment.

Cheryl "Peaches" Delaney had invented... "The Hook-Up".

We salute you Ms. Cheryl "Peaches" Delaney...a Black pioneer and hero!

... a wonderful peice of Black History... Thank you Razz