New Black-owned grocery store brings fresh food closer to home for Chicago's Austin neighborhood

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date Feb. 14, 2026, midnight
Last Updated Feb. 14, 2026, midnight
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/forty-acres-fresh-market-black-owned-grocery-store-austin-chicago/

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"Forty acres and a mule" was a post-Civil War promise made by the U.S. government to formerly enslaved African Americans. The idea was to provide parcels of land and a way to make a solid living, but that promise was never fulfilled. Now, as the nation celebrates Black History Month, meet a woman w...