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The Links to Parks Sausages' Past1951: Henry G. Parks Jr., an African-American marketer, founds Parks Sausages Co.
1955: Company launches memorable ad campaign, with plaintive entreaty: ``More Parks sausages Mom...please?''
1969: Becomes first publicly traded black business
1989: With peak revenues of $28.5 million, builds new plant in depressed Baltimore neighborhood
1996: Files for bankruptcy protection; Franco Harris buys it
DATA: BUSINESS WEEK
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