Other People's Food Pt. 3: The Order That Changed The World

The Sporkful | Oct 5, 2016

Ahead of the launch of a new series on race, culture and food called Who Is This Restaurant For? we’re repeating our series Other People’s Food, in case you missed part of it the first time around. In Episode 3, we explore a famous civil rights protest involving food. Joe McNeil's order at a segregated lunch counter in 1960 changed the way Americans eat forever. We met him for lunch to discuss his historic protest -- and the finer points of apple pie. (Repeat)

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