Black family things
This phrase usually means your mom is about to give you a chore.
What is “Come here real quick”?
This civil rights leader gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This word can mean yes, no, maybe, or “I heard you.”
What is “okay”?
Known as the “King of Pop,” this artist released Thriller.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This food is almost guaranteed to appear at a cookout.
What is mac and cheese?
The universal response when somebody asks if you’re hungry after you said you weren’t.
What is “No, I’m good”?
This woman became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
What someone says when they absolutely do NOT believe what you just told them.
What is “Oh, really?”
This singer is known for songs such as “Formation” and “Crazy in Love.”
Who is Beyoncé?
The person who takes over the grill like they own the entire backyard.
Who is Uncle?
This item mysteriously disappears when company comes over.
What is the good towel?
This abolitionist and former enslaved person published a famous autobiography in 1845.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The phrase that means “I’m about to tell you some TEA.”
What is “Now listen…”
This rapper from Queensbridge released the influential album Illmatic.
Who is Nas?
This drink comes in a red or blue plastic cup and somehow tastes better at a cookout.
What is Kool-Aid?
The appliance that somehow becomes everybody’s responsibility when it starts making a weird noise.
What is the washing machine?
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
What your friend says after telling you something completely unbelievable.
What is “I’m so serious!”
This artist is widely credited with helping popularize funk with his band Parliament-Funkadelic.
Who is George Clinton?
The person who arrives with an empty plate but somehow leaves with leftovers.
Who is everybody’s cousin?
The sentence that instantly lets you know you’re in trouble.
What is “Wait until your father gets home”?
This 19th-century abolitionist and activist made approximately 13 missions through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The three words that can turn a normal conversation into an argument instantly.
What is “That’s not what…”?
This legendary jazz musician was nicknamed “Lady Day.”
Who is Billie Holiday?
The real reason everyone suddenly disappears when it’s time to clean up.
What is “I didn’t make this mess”?