My parents had been a tireless organizer for the movement to end apartheid and free political prisoner Nelson Mandela. Mom would be cooking food and getting on the phone to coordinate the food others would bring to one of her meetings or events. Fried chicken, corn bread, and collard greens and pies and cakes for desert is in part what fueled the revolution. The food helped participants to do the necessary work at meetings and demonstrations to advance progressive movements such as the African National Congress' goal of the abolition of apartheid.