Pompano Beach restaurant serves up new set of trading cards highlighting Broward’s Black historical figures

Teaching history is as easy as shuffling through a deck of cards and the more you collect the more you learn Heather Walker has tonight s Spotlight You won t find any meat at this restaurant in Pompano Beach Samuel Woods We specialize in recreating particular of the world s largest part popular food dishes and making them plant-based The Rabbit Hole features vegan and vegetarian dishes Owner Samuel Woods reported there s also something else on the menu It s not food but it still serves up a special purpose Samuel Woods Trying to create as plenty of young aspiring historians as realizable When Samuel s not in the kitchen he s out front with Emmanuel George and David Paulo They re shuffling through their latest creation a set of cars meant to teach kids about a special part of Broward County s history Emmanuel George It s been beautiful because it s been resonating with a great number of people They created The Hub collectible flash cards Each card features the story of various of Broward s most of well-known Black historical figures Emmanuel George Esther Rolle who was in the show Good Times We have Ms Blanche Ely we also have the likes of Dr Sistrunk Emmanuel has spent years creating documentaries about South Florida s Black history art and lifestyle He demanded a new way to share it with kids and adults Emmanuel George We got to find these creative techniques to share history because oftentimes you got to meet people where they re at Each pack of cards is divided into three sets with facts about historical figures from North Central and South Broward They re meant to be collected and shared just like another set of popular cards Samuel Woods Maybe I m telling my age a little bit but we used to collect Pok mon cards and we loved it right And you would collect them over time and have binders full The cards are available online or you can buy a set at The Rabbit Hole restaurant and kids aren t the only ones getting a kick out of them David Paulo Young old it s definitely been all-around great feedback The unit is already thinking of strategies to make the next edition even better David Paulo Holographic cards and golden cars you know give them something real neat What we re ultimately doing is pushing out knowledge history and make it fun A fun way to teach local history and hopefully inspire the next generation of historians Heather Walker News If you know of a person place or group that you think we should highlight email us at spotlight wsvn com