Freedom Enterprise, xi (Barthwell's Drug Stores)
- Identifier
- DBB-ITM-02599
- Source
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Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xi.
- Source Type
- Boyd Research Findings
- Activity
- drug store
- Mentions
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Barthwell, Sidney
- Transcript
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Barthwell’s Drug Stores. Established by Sidney Barthwell in
1933. Barthwell was born in Cordele, Georgia, in 1906 and
migrated to Detroit in 1920 to join his father, who worked for
Ford Motor Company. After graduating with a pharmacy degree
from Wayne State University, Barthwell established his first
retail pharmacy and eventually expanded into manufacturing
ice cream to sell at his chain of stores. By 1957 the chain had ten
drugstores in the Detroit area. - Title
- Freedom Enterprise, xi (Barthwell's Drug Stores)