Good Lil’ Boys and Girls from the Sooner State of Oklahoma: (Black Children Speak Series!)

Sharon Hunt

Jun 2016 · Xlibris Corporation

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The book is one of twelve books of the Black Slave Children Speak Series. The books are compiled of the interviews taken from slaves by the interviewers of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 19361938. Most of the ex-slaves giving the interviews were children during slavery and gave interviews of their experiences and insights about living on plantations. The ex-slaves answered questions on all aspects of the plantations in seventeen states of the United States before the Civil War. African Americans were freed from slavery after the civil war in 1865. The series is dedicated to all people of the world. Also, included are sections on inventions and food for thought, which has A Scripture Cake for Good Lil Boys and Girls.

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Sharon Hunt, is a freelance writer and is a retiree from a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Ms. Hunt writes cookbooks and children’s books. Most of her books include learning scenarios centered around what people should know about the African American experience. For her cookbooks, most of her work is about Georgia and African American history. The recipes represent different regions of Georgia and the “honor” of the two hundred or more years of the plantation cooks’ prepared food for the plantation owners and their slaves. Her most famous cookbook, Bread from Heaven, has sold thousands of copies. Ms. Hunt sold her Bread from Heaven cookbook a record three times on QVC Home Shopping Network. Ms. Hunt is the author of the original recipe for the world’s largest peach cobbler in Peach County, Fort Valley, Georgia. Ms. Hunt graduated with BS and MS degrees from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She majored in food and nutrition and is a registered dietitian. She did further study at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Ms. Hunt served as charter president of the Warner Robins Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia. Ms. Hunt cofounded the undergraduate chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at Oklahoma State University. Ms. Hunt received three grants from the Georgia Endowment of Humanities. The grants were funded by Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Kellogg Enhancement recipient from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Ms. Hunt is a charter member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.