On the 50th anniversary of Selma, here’s Georgia Gilmore’s story. An unsung kitchen hero who died cooking for the marchers.
In the 1950s, a group of Montgomery, Alabama women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. Known as The Club from Nowhere, the group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/55528753?secret_token=s-YT3Ny” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
In the 1950s, a group of Montgomery, Alabama women baked goods to help fund the Montgomery bus boycott. Known as The Club from Nowhere, the group was led by Georgia Gilmore, one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights era[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/55528753?secret_token=s-YT3Ny” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]