The Clausen Bakery building, one of Furmans prized historic rehabilitation projects, was featured by the Greenville Journal in its February 2, 2023 article as part of Black History Month:
Until the bakery closed in 1973, Greenvillians who drove past 400 Augusta St. sucked in the succulent aroma of freshly baked bread. Nearly a half-dozen years before that, though, 22 African American employees went on strike to protest the companys discriminatory practices.
Greenville native Jesse Jackson helped bring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Greenville in April 1967. At the bakery, King preached economic justice and support for the Claussen workers who had been called boys then they stood up like men, according to The Green Book of South Carolina.
Source: Greenville Journal