Cover of Pies from nowhere

Book 2018

Pies from nowhere

3 readers

Publisher
Little Bee Books Inc.
Language
English
Published
2018
  • Juvenile literature
  • Civil rights
  • African Americans

Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott.