Before the Food Truck....
When I say the Black people are the originators of everything, I mean just that! When we speak of being the first, we tend not to picture food trucks and their precursors. As I was reading the book Harlem Stomp by Laban Carrick Hill, there was a short passaged titled, "The Legendary Pig Foot Mary." The passage states that a woman named Lillian Harris arrived in New York City in 1901 and began selling pig feet and "Southern delicacies." She used the money she made to invest in Harlem properties. After reading that, I knew I had to learn more about this amazing ancestor. A quick Google search stated that she left the "Mississippi Delta." Now if you know me, you know this was the spark that created the roaring fire for my search for even more information. I read every article that came up and began to piece together the life of Lillian Harris Dean. The Mississippi Delta encompasses around 7,000 square miles that include parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and ...