In 1963, America's Georgia, 15 black girls joined a protest.

One for the matinee, please.

Negroes, hit your tickets in the back.

We just want tickets to see the show. Here comes a whole mess of tickets for each. in the Based on the true story, Push Black presents The Stolen Girls of America's.

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Few things are more glorious than biting into perfectly crispy crispy fried chicken.

It's a quintessentially black food with debatable origins and a layer of shame that we must

never sink our teeth into.

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It's battered in a blend of buttermilk, spices, and love, then fried until golden brown and

crunchy. Fried chicken has become a staple in black cuisine, and our people know a thing or two about making the iconic food.

While fried chickens origins are difficult to trace, there's no denying that enslaved black

chefs perfected and popularized it as a quintessential

part of the culture.

According to soul food scholar Adrian Miller, we likely began frying the bird based on recipes from Scottish enslavers, but we've long

had an ancestral gift for seasoning and frying, a cooking tradition that West Africans have used for centuries. For many, fried

chicken, called the Sunday clap, goes hand in hand with church as As the cornerstone of black life, particularly during the Jim Crow era, the church was pivotal for a safe gathering and after worshiped chicken filled folks spirits nearly as much as the word.

Its popularity gave way to racist tropes that mainstream media used to dehumanize newly freed

black people during the 19th century.

Those stereotypes have stood the test of time,

sometimes influencing how we view our food.

There's no room for anti-Black shame, especially when these foodways have meant

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