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100
This is the birthplace of the Juneteenth holiday.
What is Galveston, TX
100
Charleston had an 80% decrease in production of this "Carolina Gold" crop after the Civil War.
What is rice?
100
Growing up, this family member had a pet pig named Floppy.
Who is mom/grandma?
100
2-part answer. This man's work with this crop helped improve cotton health and yields by replenishing nitrogen in the soil, a vital nutrient that cotton depletes.
Who is George Washington Carver and the peanut?
100
Seaman Rommie H. Addison, Jr enlisted in this year. Hint, George H. W, Bush was President.
What is 1990?
100
This family member plays 2 instruments and is learning a 3rd.
Who is Riley/Rilez/Gorgeous/Smiley/Lady/Crunch/Ry-lil/R Lizzie on the beat?
100
He's the only dad in our clan who didn't name his son after him (in any form other than surname).
Who is Lawrence/Anthony/Ant?
200
The official opening of this historic landmark where Gregory Lorjuste's name will forever be etched into the wall was Juneteenth of this year.
What is the Obama Presidential Center/Museum/Library?
200
These meals were a symbol of resilience, resistance, and resourcefulness for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era as they ensured sustenance, dignity, and a taste of home in a time where Blacks were denied service at many restaurants. They typically contained items like fried chicken, boiled/deviled eggs, fruit, cake, and cornbread.
What are shoebox lunches (or meals)?
200
This family member was the first to earn a Master's degree.
Who is Kimberly/Kim?
200
The Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was originally written as a poem by this man before being put to music by his brother, John Rosmaond.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
200
The patriarch of our clan is a member of this organization.
What are the masons?
200
Marlon II launched Big Hair Productions merch in this pandemic year.
What is 2020?
200
This man spoiled a certain member of our family rotten.
Who is Grandpa/Great-Grandpa Abraham "Bo" Jamison? (any variation of name is acceptable)
300
This is how long it took for enslaved people in Texas to learn they were free.
What is 2.5 years?
300
Despite many Black people's aversion to this particular seafood delicacy in modern times, a free Black man named Thomas Downing built a restaurant empire in the 1800s and was known as the ______ King of New York.
What is oyster?
300
Surrounded here by her 4 granddaughters, this matriarch birthed 8 children of her own.
Who is Grandma/Great-Grandma Cass? (any variation her name is acceptable)
300
Ole Otis ain't been down since...
What is 69?
300
These brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc crossed in the spring of these years respectively.
What are 1994 and 2000?
300
She goes by this Instagram name where she discusses the importance of pelvic floor care.
Who is yourvulvabestie?
300
He had his first child at 27.
Who is Rommie, Jr?
400
This "grandmother" of Juneteenth spent a lifetime advocating for its national recognition. In 2021, her efforts were honored as she stood beside President Biden when Juneteenth was finally signed into law.
Who is Dr Opal Lee?
400
This scene was full of emotion as the uncle took a short break from packing up his home to bring a homemade jug of wine for his niece's dinner party. The land he lived and worked his entire life was being taken by this term used to describe the legal power of the government to seize private property for public use without the owner's consent.
What is eminent domain?
400
This family member studied at Montclair State University.
Who is Charlene?
400
After the Great Migration, the movement of 6 million Blacks out of the rural south roughly between 1916-1970, the population of Blacks in this city founded by Haitian pioneer trader, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, grew from 2% to 33%.
What is Chicago?
400
Airman Lawrence A. Kelly enlisted in the Air Force in this year that also saw the launch of 3D printing, disposable cameras, and the patented super soaker.
What is 1986?
400
While touching someone, we used this term growing up to give that person "cooties" whenever someone passed gas.
What is soul power?
400
Grandad/Great-Granddad James Monroe Addison was born the same year that the second Black-Greek Letter Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, was founded.
What is 1913?
500
This federal agency was established in 1865 to assist formerly enslaved people.
What is the Freedmen's Bueau?
500
This staple American dish (especially in Black households) is revealed to have been popularized in the US by James Hemings, an enslaved, Paris-trained chef for Thomas Jefferson.
What is mac n cheese?
500
This family member shares a birthday with the North American release of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Who is mom/grandma? (October 18, 1985)
500
These African American men worked as attendants on luxury railway sleeping cars primarily from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. They were instrumental in the development of the Black middle class and played a significant role in the early civil rights movement.
Who are Porters or specifically Pullman Porters (Pullman was the largest employer of African Americans)?
500
On June 6, 1983, he alone chartered the Alpha Psi chapter of Iota Phi Theta, Fraternity, Inc. at Rutgers New Brunswick. It's befitting that his line name was this.
What is The Only One?
500
This iconic family photo was taken in the same year that Teddy Ruxpin, The Clapper, and Calvin and Hobbes were released.
What is 1985?
500
He found out he was going to be a dad on a special "love" holiday.
Who is Gregory/Greg?
600
In the early 1860s there was estimated to be this number of enslaved people in the US prior to the end of slavery.
What is approximately 4 million?
600
According to the series, these 4 key ingredients (crops) were brought to the Americas via the transatlantic slave trade.
What are okra, rice, black-eyed peas, and watermelon?
600
This family member attended this college, currently known as New Jersey City University.
Who is Erica/Jersey City State College?
600
This groundbreaking American sitcom starred Diahann Carroll, a widowed, professional Black nurse and single mother.
What is "Julia?"
600
A Captain in the US Navy, the branch of military in which Rommie Jr served, and fraternity brother to Marlon I and Gregory, this man piloted NASA's Artemis II mission in April 2026, making him the first Black astronaut to fly around the moon.
Who is Dr Victor Glover?
600
Our word for "jinx" growing up was...
What is squigit?
600
They say, "a picture is worth 1000 words," well this picture is worth this number of years of fatherhood (calculate by age oldest child is/will be this year, whole numbers only).
What is 209 years?