1976 McDonald's Ad Shows Long Courtship of Black Customers

Showing a smiling black family gathered around a table at the fast food chain, the ad also proclaims: 'You don't have to get dressed up... there's no tipping.'

By Jorge Rivas Jun 28, 2012

There aren't too many details available regarding this 1976 McDonald's ad--Buzzfeed published the image Tuesday and it's making the rounds on the internet now. All we know is that it's a 1976 and the copywriter thought black people don't like to dress up or tip? (h/t [Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/1970s-mcdonalds-ad-targeting-african-americans))

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