The American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968) was not merely a political movement — it was sustained by a specific food architecture that operated at every level from the church kitchen to the lunch counter. Sit-ins at lunch counters helped galvanize the movement. Proceeds from bake sales supported bus boycotters; many of the customers were segregationists unaware they were making the movement they opposed stronger with every fancy cake they bought.
The specific food mechanisms of the Civil Rights Movement.
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