Toledo and Vicinity
Who was the first black mayor of the City of Toledo?
Jack Ford
Who is the current General Secretary of the Department of Christian Education?
Reverend Patrick Barrett, II
The soul food restaurant named after the owner.
Ruby’s Kitchen
Who was the first African American female to serve on the Board of Toledo Public Schools?
Dr. Samantha Adams
The late Reverend Kathryn Brown, former General Secretary CED, had a favorite saying. What was it?
"Expect the Great"
The name of the caterer for today’s meal
Bridgette Be Cooking
Who was the first black police chief for the City of Toledo?
Derrick Diggs
What A.M.E. Zion Church in Washington D.C. served as an important station of the Underground Railroad in 1862?
Union Wesley A.M.E. Zion
What was the First black-owned radio station in Toledo, Ohio?
WJUC (The Juice)
Who is the all-time Ohio State leading basketball scorer and former NBA player?
Dennis Hopson
Who discovered a part of her family that she had never seen at Mother Zion A.M.E. Zion Church? Her slave name was Isabella.
Sojourner Truth
Famous Black Owned Beauty and Barber Supply
Powell’s
Who was the first black fire chief for the city of Toledo?
Michael P. Bell
Which A.M.E. Zion bishop served as the national president of NAACP?
Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood
Name either of the two black owned newspapers.
The Toledo Journal and Sojourner Truth