Georgia Gilmore's Kitchen

A large pot of food sits on the stove in the Montgomery kitchen of civil rights activist Georgia Gilmore in this image by photojournalist Jim Peppler. Philadelphia native Peppler was a staff photographer of the Southern Courier newspaper from 1965-1968 and documented many important events in the civil rights movement.

Georgia Gilmore kitchen where she cooked to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Jim Peppler Collection
Georgia Gilmore kitchen where she cooked to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott