Georgia Theresa Gilmore: Cooking for justice

In Georgia Gilmore's pursuit of Black equality, she fought first with her fists and then with lawsuits – but always with a side of sweet potato pie! Jo Ann Robinson, a Civil Rights activist, president of the Women’s Political Council  (WPC) and a professor at Alabama State College, organized a one-day bus boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest — which preceded and was crucial to the year-plus 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. To learn more about the boycotts and Robinson’s remarkable achievement of creating and distributing 35,000 flyers with the help of students and WPC members, read this article (Robinson is mentioned on page 6). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=thetean Sources used: Pies From Nowhere, a children’s book by Dee Romito The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, by John T. Edge Article: Food History & Culture: Meet the Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed and Funded the Civil Rights Movement, by Maria Godoy Article: Montgomery Advertising: Plenty With Little and Most Without a Lot, by Safiya Charles    Article: The Clerk’s Black History Series, by Debra DeBerry  Encyclopedia Alabama Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement, by Premilla Nadasen Kids Encyclopedia Facts NPR: Morning Edition/Hidden Kitchen series, 2005 and NPR: Code Switch, 2023  The cookbook Gwen mentioned  that Georgia Gilbert’s 7-Up cake would fit right in! 50+1 Weird Recipes cookbook by Val Dutton. https://www.amazon.com/50-WEIRD-RECIPES-DARE-THEM/dp/B0BP4N1P2G/ref=books_amazonstores_mobile_mfs_author_smart_catalog_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=v5Nns&content-id=amzn1.sym.aec507cb-142c-4f68-9ae5-803b8e7b33f1&pf_rd_p=aec507cb-142c-4f68-9ae5-803b8e7b33f1&pf_rd_r=146-2385056-1674941&pd_rd_wg=HzvtQ&pd_rd_r=8fd53ae5-8669-466b-b5fa-f9874913f3a0