Written by: Mara Rockliff.

Illustrated by: R. Gregory Christie.

Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news.

Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested — pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail. And all because she wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man. To protest, the radio was urging folks to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955.

A boycott!

Something was cooking in Montgomery, Alabama… and not just Georgia’s famous sweet potato pie. (From the author’s website.)