Food Traditions
This orange, spiced holiday pie is a staple on many Black Thanksgiving tables—not pumpkin.
What is sweet potato pie?
This civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech and is often remembered during holiday reflections on gratitude.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
No Black family holiday gathering is complete without stepping to this Chicago-born dance style.
What is the Cha-Cha Slide
What is the place you look to when you are young during thanksgiving dinner but regret getting to when you're older
What is "The grown folks table"
This classic sitcom starring Will Smith features multiple episodes centered on Black family holiday celebrations.
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
This baked pasta dish, known for its “don’t touch my pan” status in Black households, is required at the feast.
What is baked macaroni and cheese?
Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” she refused to give up her seat in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
SCBIGYSTCA” — A classic line every Black kid has heard when crying too hard.
What is "Stop crying before I give you something to cry about”?
Many Black families watch this famous parade on Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This popular 90s sitcom with Queen Latifah highlighted Black friendship and holiday dinners.
What is Living Single?
These greens—slow-cooked and often flavored with smoked turkey legs—are a soul food essential.
What are collard greens?
This iconic writer of Beloved is often celebrated for highlighting Black resilience and community.
Who is Toni Morrison?
What is the one card game you and your partner must never lose in
What is spades?
This beloved holiday activity involves sharing what you’re grateful for around the table.
What is giving thanks?
This Tyler Perry character, known for her loud humor, appears in many holiday-themed movies.
Who is Madea?
This cornbread-based side dish, often seasoned with sage, is a Black Southern Thanksgiving classic.
What is cornbread dressing?
Who is the first major black candidate for U.S. president?
Who is Jesse Jackson?
"INOOYLF" -- A common phrase whenever you speak to your mom the way you speak to your friends at school
What is " I'm not on of your little friends"
This classic board game often turns into intense trash talk during family gatherings. This will include trash talk and a broken table
What is Dominoes?
This 2016 film follows a dysfunctional Black family coming together on Christmas—often watched during Thanksgiving weekend.
What is Almost Christmas?
This fruity drink, often with its own homemade mixes, is a crowd favorite at many Black holiday gatherings
What is red Kool-Aid?/ What is fruit punch?
This orator and author delivered the famous speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”—a reminder that gratitude and justice can coexist.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
SWHHW -- This phrase is an indicated you are about to hear a wild story
What is "See what had happened was"
If you travel for thanksgiving and you have to go to church what is the overarching name for the style of clothes you must wear.
What is "Sunday Best"
This 1997 film starring Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox centers on a Black family whose matriarch brings them together for Sunday dinners—often referenced around Thanksgiving.
What is Soul Food?