FAMILY HISTORY
Known affectionately as “Mama Riss,” this Cherokee woman is a matriarch at the roots of our family tree. Give her real name.
Who is Rebecca?
This Marvel film introduced movie audiences to Wakanda’s king, T’Challa, as the lead character.
What is Black Panther?
The pastor says, “God is good all the time!” The congregation answers, “All the time…”
What is “God is good”?
“A hard head makes a soft…”
What is behind?
Celebrated on June 19, this holiday commemorates the announcement of freedom to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
After gaining her freedom, Mama Riss married this man.
Who is Mr. Frank Thomas?
This television host created Soul Train, bringing music, dancing, and unforgettable fashion into American living rooms.
Who is Don Cornelius?
Complete this testimony: “He brought me from a mighty…”
What is “long way”?
Your cousin says, “The math ain’t mathing.” Something isn’t doing this.
What is “adding up or making sense”?
This Detroit record label, founded by Berry Gordy, helped launch the Supremes, the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder.
What is Motown?
Sarah Thomas, one of Mama Riss and Papa Frank’s three daughters, married this man, and together they had 14 children.
Who is Alex Evans?
This Good Times character made “Dy-no-mite!” his signature catchphrase.
Who is J.J. Evans?
This series of special services focuses on renewing faith and often features a guest preacher.
What is “a revival”?
This saying uses a household chore to tell you to handle your own problems before criticizing others: “Sweep around your own…”
What is “front door”?
This group of Black military aviators trained in Alabama and served during World War II.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Our family gathered for its first reunion in July of this year.
What is 1984?
This 1997 film follows the Chicago-based Joseph family, whose Sunday dinners are held together by Big Mama.
What is Soul Food?
This man’s brothers sold him into slavery, but he later helped save them during a famine.
Who is Joseph?
Your cousin did an amazing job: “You ate and left no…”
What are “crumbs”?
This Burke County civil rights activist challenged the county’s election system in a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court as Rogers v. Lodge.
Who is Herman Lodge?
After being sold at an auction of enslaved people, Mama Riss was brought to live on this property in Vidette, Georgia, in Burke County.
What is the Ivory Place?
Three women working at NASA help overcome mathematical challenges and racial barriers during the space race.
What is Hidden Figures?
This classic hymn begins with a responsibility to fulfill and “a God to glorify.”
What is “A Charge to Keep I Have”?
This saying warns against giving up something valuable for something worthless: “Don’t trade a dime for a…”
What is “a wooden nickel”?
A Black talent agent turned his homemade chocolate chip cookies into this snack brand, opening its first shop in Los Angeles in 1975.
Correct response: What is Famous Amos?