Black McDonald’s operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit

Black McDonald’s operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit

For 25 years, Robert Bonner was committed to working under McDonald’s iconic Golden Arches. But by the time the native Floridian had severed ties with the franchise founded in Des Plaines by Ray Kroc in 1955, he burned everything that was related to the restaurant chain — awards, shirts, valuable collectibles — in his backyard. Bonner was the owner-operator of six McDonald’s stores in Illinois and the St. Louis region. But he left the chain afte…