gilmore, georgia

Georgia Gilmore was an amazing cook. She had a big heart and loved to help others. When the cost to fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott became high, Georgia stepped in. She baked, fried, and simmered food to sell. Each week she donated all proceeds to the Civil Rights leaders.

A brief, picture book biography of civil rights figure Georgia Gilmore, an African American woman who was inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks to join the Montgomery Bus Boycott of the 1950s. Follows Gilmore as she meets Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and gets involved with the civil rights movement.

"A picture book biography about Georgia Gilmore, the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956"--.

Shares the story of Georgia Gilmore who worked together with a group of women called the Club from Nowhere to supply food for civil rights workers, and to raise money for gas and cars during the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama.