Kentucky's 'First Black-Owned' Bourbon Title Sparked a Legal Fight β€” Here's Who Won
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A years-long legal dispute between two Kentucky bourbon companies over who holds the title of the state's first Black-owned bourbon distillery has come to a cl...

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