The Birthday Boy
This is Uncle Herb's most favorite style of music?
What is Jazz?
How many children did Nettie Brown have and how many are alive today?
This is the house number on Elm Street where Grandmom Brown lived.
What is 532?
In the federal indictment brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs in September, prosecutors claimed that during raids on Combs’s properties, federal agents had seized this many bottles of baby oil and lubricant.
What is 1000?
This federal holiday celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free — 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Juneteenth?
This is the name of the town where Uncle Jr lives.
What is Aurora?
This is the day and year that Nettie Brown was born.
What is May 8, 1923?
This was the type of floor in the basement of the house up the Gut where Grandmom lived?
What is a dirt floor?
During the 2024 Election, this celebrity from a very high profile musical family perpetuated electoral misinformation by claiming that she heard "Kamala Harris was not black."
Who is Janet Jackson?
This man led the “Back to Africa” movement and was a global Black nationalist that inspired later leaders like Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Uncle Jr. is a member of this Black Greek-lettered fraternity.
What is Kappa Alpha Psi?
This is the high school Grandmom Brown graduated from.
What is Downingtown Senior High School?
These are the names of the 3 families that lived next to and across the street from the house "Up the Gut."
Who are the Millers, Sweeny's and Boggs.?
This celebrity is known for having 12 kids with 6 different women.
Who is Nick Cannon?
Black Wall Street was a thriving Black economic hub in this city that was destroyed in the 1921 Race Massacre by the same name — and it was covered up for decades.
What is Tulsa, OK?
In High School, Uncle Jr was a star athlete in this sport and at this school.
What is Basketball at Downingtown?
This was Nettie Brown's favorite color?
What is pink?
These are the names of Grandmom's siblings and their spouses lived on Elm Street, and the beloved family that lived across the street.
Who are Essie & Maitlin, Dottie and Paul, Gordy & Sheena and the Hoggards/Winkeys?
This celebrity had more songs reach the Top 40 of the Billboard singles chart than any other male solo artist in the 1990s.
However, his musical achievements are overshadowed by serious allegations and convictions of abuse and exploitation, particularly involving minors. Right now, he is serving a combined federal prison sentence of 31 years in North Carolina, and his scheduled to be released in 2045.
Who is R Kelly?
The was the first Black woman elected to the US Congress. She served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983, representing New York's 12th Congressional District. She also made history in 1972 by becoming the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This is Uncle Jr's favorite Football Team.
Who are the Pittsburgh Steelers?
This is the name of the Church where Grandmom Brown was baptized.
What is Hutchinson?
Sadie was an older lady who came up the gut and caught this with her bare hands?
What is a bat?
This legendary jazz trumpeter made beautiful music for the world, but behind closed doors had a long history of domestic violence. It is said that he beat and abused both his wives who were Broadway dancer Francis Davis and iconic actress Cicely Tyson.
Who is Miles Davis?
The Moors, North African Muslims, ruled parts of this country for over 700 years and introduced advancements in science, math, and architecture.
What is Spain?