Includes index.
The first and original printing of this cookbook was completed in 1975 by the Citizens for Progress and the St. Mary's County Bicentennial Commission. The recipes were compiled by Citizens for Progress, a community organization that worked to address the issues of housing, legal redress, education, welfare rights, and making information available to poor people of color in St. Mary's County. The legal rights to 300 Years of Black Cooking in St. Mary's County were transferred to an organization called the Community Affairs Committee in 1981. This group was organized in December of 1979 to address the issues of employment, politics and education in the African American community. Under the auspices of this organization, the cookbook was copyrighted and reprinted in 1983 in cooperation with the 350th Anniversary Committee of St. Mary's County and the Maryland Heritage Committee. The book was for sale locally and through mail order request. In 2004, the legal rights to 300 Years of Black Cooking in St. Mary's County were transferred to the St. Mary's County Board of Library Trustees. The Library Board agreed to reprint the book, make it available for sale, and to use any profits from the sale to support the St. Mary's County Library's programs for children.
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