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The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780820319162
 
from Univ of Georgia Pr (October 1, 1997)
9780820319162 | details & prices | 276 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Tells how Shoney's discriminated against minorities, and describes the efforts of some managers to fight the unfair policies
Paperback
Book cover for 9780820344041
 
from Univ of Georgia Pr (March 15, 2012)
9780820344041 | details & prices | 300 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.67 in. | List price $24.95
About: In 1988 several white managers of the Shoney’s restaurant chain protested against the company’s discriminatory hiring practices, including an order to blacken the “O” in “Shoney’s” on minorities’ job applications so that the marked forms could be discarded.