’Shocked That We are African Americans’: New Owner of Jacksonville BP Gas Station Shares Experience of Buying Franchise from Previous Owner
Kimberly Claridy Walker is the franchise owner of the Arlington Expressway BP gas station in Jacksonville, Florida. The store has been open now for almost a year and the 44-year-old said that even though the road to becoming reportedly the first Black-owned BP gas station owner in Jacksonville hasn’t been easy, she is interested in…