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Living History: Cooking for the Civil Rights Movement

Name: Living History: Cooking for the Civil Rights Movement
Start: 2025-01-19T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-19T14:00:00-05:00
Location: New-York Historical Society

: January 19, noon – 2pm.

: $6-$24

Manhattan Living History Cooking for the Civil Rights Movement

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and discover the overlooked work of Black women in the civil rights movement. Learn about the story of Georgia Gilmore and how she used her kitchen skills to raise money in secret for the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Enjoy a sweet treat that Mrs. Gilmore would have cooked!