Q&As to Black History
Staff -- School Library Journal, 2/1/2002
Which amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?
Why did African-American historian Carter Woodson choose February as the month to celebrate Negro History Week?
BrainQuest, the Black History edition, features 850 questions and answers about the African-American experience. BrainQuest, for ages nine and up, is available from Workman Publishing for $10.95 with a 30 percent library discount for orders of 25 copies or more. To order, call (800) 722-7202.
Answers to above questions: The Thirteenth Amendment; Woodson believed that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, both born in February, had the greatest influence on black Americans.
