Black Food
This is a Black Staple food
What is Fried Chicken?
This 1920s cultural movement in New York saw a shift in Black literature, art, and jazz.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This staple item is found in every black household and sometimes in Beyonce's bag.
What is hot sauce?
The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This is the pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas
What is Sweet Potato?
This 14-year-old’s 1955 murder in Mississippi became a catalyst for the movement after his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral.
Who is Emmet till?
Grandma says this specific type of "soda" is the only cure for an upset stomach
What is Ginger ale?
Before protecting the nation of Wakanda, this legendary actor portrayed real-life icons Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This should never be in potato salad
What are raisins?
Founded in 1909, this is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
This card game is inevitably played by the elders, usually in pairs
What is Spades?
This lawyer successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
When your momma whips out the big pot, you know you're gonna have this for the next 5-7 days
What is Spaghetti?
This 1791 revolution led by Toussaint L'Ouverture created the world's first independent Black republic.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
Elders say this when you in other people's business
What is "You all in the Kool-aid and don't know the flavor"?
This female entrepreneur became America’s first Black female self-made millionaire by creating hair care products.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
The one cake you're gonna find at every cookout
What is 7-Up cake?
This Ethiopian dynasty claims descent from the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
What is the Solomonic Dynasty?
This dance is sure to get everyone out their seats and you better not turn the wrong way
What is the electric slide (or wobble)?
Known as the 'Father of Blood Banks,' this African American surgeon and researcher pioneered the techniques for long-term storage and shipment of blood plasma during WWII.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
This 1996 comedy/parody is known for its quote: Dashiki: "Now kids, what do we say to a man that mommy just met?" Kids: "Are you my daddy?"
What is Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood?