By 1960, the nonviolent measures taken during the civil rights movement had begun to gain momentum. “Cooking Up Change: How Food Helped Fuel The Civil Rights Movement” by Nancy Shute, gives the reader a better understanding of why the denial of fair dining is important. The article emphasizes the idea that segregation leads to action; it like cause and effect. Nancy Shute stated, “Legal challenges and demonstrations were cracking the foundations of segregation, but a black person still couldn't sit down and eat a hamburger or a piece of pie in a store that was all too willing to take his money for a tube of toothpaste.” I’ve always believed that equity should go along with equality to help promote fairness and criminalize institutionalized
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Strategies such as boycotts, prayer circles and voting drives were executed in meeting places such as black-owned restaurants. This was the spark of the new revolutionary tactic referred to as sit-ins; a move that would integrate restaurants and public facilities all over. Is it fair to deny a paying customer because of the color of their skin? A person living in America should never have to worry about not being provided the same opportunities as another. The saying “separate but equal” should’ve never existed; it just allowed for institutionalized segregation to take place. As a person who believes in equality, the extent of restrictions that a person would place on another baffles …show more content…
That’s why conscious people such as Georgia Gilmore helped establish the Club from Nowhere. The healthiest options were the hardest to find. The amount of resources that were available to minorities could make it seem as though they were living in food insecurity. The meals provided from black-owned restaurants such as Pascal’s and Gilmore’s southern cuisine, didn’t provided the healthiest options. Pascal’s was a safe haven for many activists such as John Lewis, who states, "some of the decisions that affected the direction of the country were made in that restaurant” (qtd. in Shute). Nevertheless, new research shows heart disease is a leading cause of death amongst African Americans; a common factor that is often times overlooked. While providing a needed meeting arena, the basic nutritional needs were not always met. Many patrons in the movement would cook and/or bake food and provide majority of their compensation to fund new movements. The proceeds went into funding projects like Freedom Summer; a campaign that importance of voting and provided necessary information needed to register. These campaigns were necessary in ensuring that those who were oppressing could not make their way into office. The leaders knew that if the wrong made
Strategies such as boycotts, prayer circles and voting drives were executed in meeting places such as black-owned restaurants. This was the spark of the new revolutionary tactic referred to as sit-ins; a move that would integrate restaurants and public facilities all over. Is it fair to deny a paying customer because of the color of their skin? A person living in America should never have to worry about not being provided the same opportunities as another. The saying “separate but equal” should’ve never existed; it just allowed for institutionalized segregation to take place. As a person who believes in equality, the extent of restrictions that a person would place on another baffles …show more content…
That’s why conscious people such as Georgia Gilmore helped establish the Club from Nowhere. The healthiest options were the hardest to find. The amount of resources that were available to minorities could make it seem as though they were living in food insecurity. The meals provided from black-owned restaurants such as Pascal’s and Gilmore’s southern cuisine, didn’t provided the healthiest options. Pascal’s was a safe haven for many activists such as John Lewis, who states, "some of the decisions that affected the direction of the country were made in that restaurant” (qtd. in Shute). Nevertheless, new research shows heart disease is a leading cause of death amongst African Americans; a common factor that is often times overlooked. While providing a needed meeting arena, the basic nutritional needs were not always met. Many patrons in the movement would cook and/or bake food and provide majority of their compensation to fund new movements. The proceeds went into funding projects like Freedom Summer; a campaign that importance of voting and provided necessary information needed to register. These campaigns were necessary in ensuring that those who were oppressing could not make their way into office. The leaders knew that if the wrong made