Emmanuel George interviews Samuel Woods on July 14, 2022 at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. Samuel Woods was born on December 1, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan. He is one of six children. Samuel describes his childhood in Detroit, attending car shows and family gatherings. He moved with his mother and siblings to Landover, Massachusetts in high school. After high school, Samuel attended Johnson and Wales for culinary school for two years. He describes returning to Detroit, Michigan where he earned a degree in Business Management from Oakland Community College. While in school, he worked as a sous-chef for the Detroit Institute of Art and as an executive chef at Detroit Medical Center. He worked as a chef for fifteen years before opening his first restaurant in downtown Detroit. Samuel became a vegan in 2018 and six months later moved to South Florida. He discusses opening the restaurant The Rabbit Hole in Pompano Beach, Florida. Additionally, he shares his experience volunteering at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center where he processed the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection in the Special Collections and Archives department.
