History
This civil rights organization, formed in 1909, is the nation's oldest and largest grassroots-based group fighting for racial justice.
NAACP
If you sing along to an oldie your mom may say: "WYKAT?"
"What you know about this?"
This Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.
Brown v. Board of Education
When you go somewhere and it's packed you might say: "EATMOT"
"Everybody and they mama outside today!"
"Call the po-po H**" is a quote from this classic
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
If you're out and ask for this your mom may say "YGMDM?"
"You got McDonald's money?"
Name 3 phrases black people use to "season" a story
Eligible answers: "whole time", "mind you", "ok so boom", "come to find out", "boo-boo the fool"
This act, signed into law in 1965, aimed to eliminate barriers like literacy tests that disenfranchised Black voters.
Voting Rights Act
Before you start a story you might say: "SWHHW"
"See, what had happened was"
It's summertime and you're outside playing your mom might say "DBRIAOTH"
"Don't be runnin' in and out this house!"