Before its subversion in the Jim Crow era, the fruit symbolized black self-sufficiency.
Frontiers Contributions of African Crops to American Culture and
I am unapologetically Black, and I will never be ashamed of eating
On eating watermelon in front of white people - Vox
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Sources — Womanly Magazine
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Dismantling Food Stereotypes - Mississippi Market Co-op
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