Growing Up Black
What would your mother say when you played outside all day with your cousins and came in for the evening?
Go take a bath you smell like outside.
Most black people can eat this 2-3x's per week with some type of sauce, mild, hot, or spicy.
What is "fried chicken?
Do you see this written on my forehead?
Who is "Booboo the Fool"?
First African American to cover GQ, Sports Illustrated, as well as be featured in Victoria Secret lingerie catalog
Tyra Banks
This song is played at every single black cookout and wedding.
Before I let go, Frankie Beverly & Maze
Finish the sentence...
"Stop crying....."
"...Or I'll give you something to cry about."
Preferred sweet, and stereotypically said that "all black people can't live without it".
What is Watermelon?
What your mama always said when you would recite song lyrics.
What is "I hope you know that schoolwork like you know this song"?
The first black female billionaire
Oprah Winfrey
This famous family of 5 had their own cartoon show, and you just had to be there.
Jackson 5
18in, 20in, 22in
What is Bundles
Type of drink that was popular growing up back in the day; Many different flavors, & we add a bunch of sugar.
What is cool-aid?
Your mama would yell this to you when you ran in and out of her house.
What is "you are either going to stay inside or outside but you are not running in and out of my house"?
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1926
Which college the rapper Tupac Shakur studied?
The Baltimore School of Performing Arts
A moment of fear happens for a child when you hear your mother's keys in the door and you forgot to do this.
What is take the chicken/or other meat item out of the freezer?
The pie we eating on thanksgiving
Sweet potato pie
Your mom says this when you getting a bit too comfortable with her
"You think I'm one of your lil friends"
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
The first female solo artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously
Nicki Minaj
What would your mother say if you didn't want to eat what she made for dinner?
You eat what I cooked or eat nothing at all.
Type of bread that is yellow and uses buttermilk
Cornbread
Your mama would say this when you passed by McDonalds and asked could you go.
Do you have McDonald's money?
This notorious film, starring Oprah Winfrey, coined the phrase "You sho' is ugly!"
What is The Color Purple?
What is the next line in this Bob Marley song? ‘Don’t worry about a thing...
...Cause every little thing gonna be alright’