Food as a Civil Right: Hunger, Work, and Welfare in the South after the Civil Rights Act.

The article explores the history of food systems, social welfare, gender, and the working-class in the U.S. South following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The author analyzes the efforts of civil rights attorneys and activists such as Marian Wright and Henry Aronson of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDEF). Emphasis is given to topics such as the Food Stamp program and African Americans in rural Mississippi.