How Black women used covert bake sales to fight segregation

After the killing of George Floyd by police, celebrated Afro-Dominican pastry chef Paola Velez and her fellow culinary masterminds launched Bakers Against Racism, a campaign to fight systemic racism by baking. Yara catches up with Paola to make peach cobbler and learn the story of Georgia Gilmore, the O.G. Baker Against Racism who sold baked goods to fund the historic Montgomery Bus Boycotts during the civil rights movement. HOST/PRODUCER: Yara Elmjouie PRODUCER: Serena Ajbani PRODUCER: Adrienne Blaine ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Eileen Salazar SENIOR PRODUCER: Tabish Talib EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sarah Nasr EDITORS: Serena Ajbani, Tabish Talib, Adrienne Blaine CAMERA: Tabish Talib, Yara Elmjouie FACT-CHECKER: Sharmila Venkatasubban COPY EDITOR: Juliette Rocheleau DESIGN: Mat Sesti SPECIAL THANKS: Fredrick Douglass Opie, Ph.D. #BakersAgainstRacism #Coronavirus #BlackLivesMatter Sign-up for our newsletter: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus

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