Soul Food
This creamy side usually includes cheddar and elbows.
What is macaroni and cheese?
Families begin the meal with this spoken expression of thanks.
What is a prayer or blessings?
This genre of music lifts the spirit and is a Sunday morning staple.
What is gospel music?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This is the main bird served at most Thanksgiving dinners.
What is Turkey?
These leafy greeens are often cooked low and slow with smoked meat
What are collard greens?
What is kinship or togetherness?
This group sang the joyful anthem 'September'.
Who is Earth, Wind & Fire?
He delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Many families go around the table and share this before eating.
What are things they are thankful for?
This sweet dish is made with sugar, warm spices and is orange in color.
What is candied yams or sweet potatoes?
This weekly day of worship is central in many African American Christian households.
What is Sunday?
He sang 'Lovely Day'.
Who is Bill Withers?
She was the first Black woman elected Vice president of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Some families watch this big televised parade on Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Gizzards, broth, and cornbread are key ingredients.
What is cornbread dressing?
Maw-Maw or big Mama calling everyone to the table is an example of this leadership role.
What is the matriach?
Kirk Franklin is known for blending this genre with gospel.
What is hip-hop/R&B?
This icon is known as the 'Queen of Soul'.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This football tradition is watched by many familes after dinner.
What is NFL Thanksgiving football?
This is a rich, buttery dessert baked in bundt or loaf pan.
What is a pound cake?
'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord'...
This term describes songs that make the family two-step in the kitchen together?
What are southen soul or soul classic?
This historian created Black History Week, later Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This modern tradition focuses on service, like feeding others or donating meals.
What is volunteering or giving back?