Feeding the Revolution in Albany, Georgia
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
In the summer of 1961, civil rights leaders in Albany, Georgia began strategizing to end Jim Crow policies there. They organized a coalition that included leaders and members from the NAACP, SNCC and SCLC, Albany State College (a HBCU). By the fall of 1961 they launch what became the Albany movement. City officials arrested and jailed hundreds for protesters participating in marches, pickets lines, sit-ins, and for attempting to registrar black voters. Angry white officials starved the jailed protesters to try and crush their resolve. The SCLC’s Ralph Abernathy describe one Albany women who showed her support by feeding the jailed members of the movement. “In the middle of the afternoon, the jailer came to us with a plate of fried chicken, potato salad, biscuits, and a huge apple pie. We [MLK and I] both rolled out of bed, starving. . . we looked down the hall and saw a little old black lady smiling and waving . . .Thank you, ma’ am,’ we called out and waved back. ‘You’re welcome,’ she said, ‘and that’s jus the beginning.’ . . . From that moment on we were never without food in our cell. Here is a potato salad recipe that would go well as a side dish for lunch or dinner.
Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
4-6 Tart and juicy apples
3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg (as desired)
1 tablespoon fine brandy
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
Filling Directions
Line in a pan with pie paste [crust ] filled with thinly sliced apples. Add the sugar, lemon juice, spice and Brandy. Dot with butter. Cover with the top crust, cutting a few slips to allow steam to escape. Bake 10 min. in a hot oven and reduce heat slightly and bake for 30 min. more.
Pie Crust Directions
For your dough, sift the flour and salt and baking powder. Cut the shortening in, adding ice water gradually, until you have a Dell that will come from the bowl easily. Chill before using. Schilling makes high pace richer and flakier.
Arden H. Duane Food Writer, New Journal and Guide, November 9, 1935
