Influential Black Historians
This man in known as the "Father of Black History Month."
Who is Carter G. Woodson
This person is recognized for having the first official invention registered by an African American for their patent for a dry-cleaning process.
Who is Thomas Jennings?
These two foods, known for their spice level and French influence, originated in Creole/Cajun region of the 4 soul food regions.
What are gumbo and jambalaya?
This was the year that Motown Records was established.
What is 1959?
This historian was largely self‑taught, mastering common school subjects by age 17.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This person helped to create a microcomputer system sparking growth in the information technology industry.
Who is Mark Dean?
This animal played an important role in soul food history as one of the only animals that enslaved people were able to keep and sell according to slave codes.
What are chickens?
Motown Records operated out of this recording location.
What is Hitsville U.S.A?
What year was the first official start of Negro history week?
What is 1926
This person patented a hand-operated machine for kneading and rolling dough in 1884.
Who is Judy Reed?
This region is identified as the origin of soul food traditions?
What is Western and Central Africa?
"I want your back" and "ABC" were songs sung by this group of singing brothers.
What is the Jackson 5?
This historian built one of the world’s most important collections of books, prints, manuscripts, and artifacts documenting African and African diaspora history—later purchased by the New York Public Library in 1926.
Who is Arturo Schomburg?
From his laboratory at Tuskegee, this person developed 325 different uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This food historian showed how African American cooking developed from the 1700s to the 1800s.
Who is Michael Twitty?
This group was known for making such hits as "Baby Love" and "Stop! in the name of love."
What are The Supremes
This historian led national and global advocacy efforts, attending the founding convention of the United Nations and urging recognition of human rights violations against Black Americans.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This person's strategy of selling her homemade beauty products door-to-door eventually led her to be known as the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire.
Who is Madame Walker?
African women would braid this item into their hair in order to ensure it's preservation during travel.
What are seeds?
This song originally sung by Stevie Wonder and was recently feature in the movie Sing.
What is "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing?"