. "Harold Pierce"@en . . . . . "AMerican businessman" . "1988-03-08Z"^^ . "Pierce, Harold"@en . "1988Z"^^ . "1917-08-11Z"^^ . "1917Z"^^ . . "Harold Pierce (August 11, 1917 \u2013 March 8, 1988) was an African-American entrepreneur who founded the successful Harold's Chicken Shack restaurant chain in Chicago, Illinois.Pierce was born in Midway, Alabama and moved to Chicago in 1943 from Freemanville, Alabama to work as a chauffeur for Jack Stern, a furniture store owner. By 1950, he was running a small restaurant with his wife, Hilda, on 39th Street. The H & H specialized in chicken feet and dumplings."@en . . "Founder ofHarold's Chicken Shack"@en .