Book
Pies from nowhere : how Georgia Gilmore sustained the Montgomery bus boycott
Record details
- ISBN: 1499807201
- ISBN: 9781499807202
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : little bee books, [2018]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed--bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. 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. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from "nowhere" to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond"-- |
| Target Audience Note: | 6-9 K to Grade 3 |
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- 16 of 16 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton Public Library | J BIO Gilmore, Georgia ROMITO, DEE (Text) | 37777124926353 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | jB GILMORE, G. (Text) | 32544072532871 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | jB GILMORE GEORGIA (Text) | 34000081428682 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | jB GILMORE GEORGIA (Text) | 34000081414344 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Canterbury Elementary School | 92 GIL (Text) | 30787000090515 | Biography | Available | - |
| East Side Branch - Bridgeport | jB GILMORE GEORGIA (Text) | 34000081426736 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | JNF 973.92 Rom (Text) | 33620142411319 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 920 GILMORE (Text) | 34013143621186 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | jB GILMORE GEORGIA (Text) | 34000147825582 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | jB GILMORE GEORGIA (Text) | 34000081420614 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
