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  • The overlooked role of food in the civil rights struggle

    Aug 30, 2023 10:00 am by Jodi HeckelCultural Exploration
    side-by-side images of African American studies professor Bobby J. Smith II and the cover of his new book “Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.” Photo of Bobby J. Smith II by Michelle Hassel

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    • side-by-side images of African American studies professor Bobby J. Smith II and the cover of his new book “Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.” Photo of Bobby J. Smith II by Michelle Hassel

    Professor Bobby Smith tells the overlooked story of how food was used as both a weapon and a tool of resistance during the Civil Rights Movement in his new book 'Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.'