Did KFC tweet photo of drumstick with clenched fist shadow? Fact Check

ByCraig Haley

Messages on Twitter claim that KFC celebrated the end of Black History Month by publishing an image of a chicken drumstick casting a shadow of the clenched symbol that is often associated with civil rights movements.

MOSTLY FALSE

An example of the claim is below.

What’s true?
This image was once posted by a regional KFC account.

What’s false?
The image was never posted by the main KFC (@KFC) Twitter account. The screenshot of the tweet above has been manipulated. Additionally it was never posted with the hashtag #BlackHistoryMonth.

In reality the image was tweeted by the KFC account of Trinidad & Tobago in 2020 on Emancipation Day, a public holiday that marks the end of slavery. The tweet garnered public criticism and the KFC account later removed the tweet and apologised.

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