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Georgia Gilmore

March 20, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Georgia Gilmore

The Cook Who Secretly Fed the Civil Rights Movement

She organized the Club From Nowhere - a collection of chefs who helped the effort in anonymity, to avoid reprisals in their personal and professional lives.

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