Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

"Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott" is a compelling tale published on November 6, 2018, that brings to light the extraordinary contributions of Georgia Gilmore, an unsung heroine of the civil rights movement. In the face of racial adversity following Rosa Parks' arrest, Gilmore, a cook in Montgomery, Alabama, leveraged her culinary skills to orchestrate a covert operation—The Club from Nowhere—to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott. With each meal sold, she and her team of courageous women gathered funds critical for transportation and logistics, keeping the spirit of resistance alive. This beautifully illustrated picture book not only recounts the strategic role of economic and racial justice through grassroots activism but also inspires with a recipe that readers can create at home. Aimed primarily at elementary school students, this narrative encourages young readers to recognize how ordinary skills can effect extraordinary change in a community.