A Secret Civil Rights Kitchen: Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere

A Secret Civil Rights Kitchen: Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere

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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. This story comes from Can Do: Portraits of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs, hosted by Alfre Woodard.