Soul Food 101
Freedom Facts
Business is Boomin'!
100

These vegetables are eaten on the first day of January every year as a tradition for good luck. 

What is Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens?

100

In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at this Washington, DC location

What is the Lincoln Memorial?

100

What gap in years are considered the golden age of African American entrepreneurship

What is 1900-1930?

200

This food can be eaten from the "rooter to the tooter."

What is a pig?

200

Rosa Parks' refusal to sit at the back of the bus sparked a city wide boycott in this US city

What is Montgomery, Alabama?

200

He was the first African American to appear on Forbes Top 400 in 1982

Who is John Johnson?

300

African green vegetable that goes great in gumbo and other stews.

What is okra?

300

This Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

300

In this US City the first African American owned McDonald's was opened in 1982

What is Chicago?

400

Also known as Johnnycake, this type of cornbread is fried and was traditionally cooked with a shovel held to an open flame.

What is a hoecake?

400

What Constitutional amendment made slavery illegal

What is the 13th amendment?

400

She is known as the first African American woman millionaire

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

500

Bony, gelatin rich meat, usually slow-cooked as a stew or braised.  

What are ox tails?

500

Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law in this year

What is 1964?

500

In 1869 Isaac Myers created  this African American Labor Union

What is the Colored National Labor Union?

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