AdvertisementFreda DeKnight: A 'Hidden Figure' And Titan Of African-American CuisineFebruary 16, 2017Donna Battle PiercefacebookEmailFreda DeKnight was Ebony's first food editor and author of a best-selling African-American cookbook in the 1940s. Her recipes presented a vision of black America that was often invisible in mainstream media. (Sierra Nicole Rhoden/Chicago Tribune)
