BLACK HISTORY
Townsend HISTORY
Townsend GrandKids HISTORY
BLACK US HISTORY
Rush HISTORY
Rush Grandkids History
100
This music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling and was founded in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s.
What is Hip Hop
100
This church in West Point MS is the family church that baptisted Rev. Moses D. Townsend.
What is New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.
100
This Townsend grandbaby would hum when eating grapes.
Who is Sydney?
100
This was the date Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech.
When is Sept. 9, 1965?
100
This home was often the place for free food to anyone who came to the back door looking for a meal.
What is Bigmama's House at 1027 Baker?
100
The youngest Rush grandbaby is named after the youngest Rush child.
Who is little Ernie?
200
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
The church in Pagedale Missouri where Miriam, Mary and Nikki sang in the choir
What is Fifth Baptist Church
200
This Townsend grandkid had a fractured toe and continue to participate in her sport as an 8 year old athlete.
Who is Mary-K?
200
The influential record label founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit, which played a pivotal role in the development of music
What is Motown Records?
200
The name of the African American male Rush twins.
Who is Linton and Clinton?
200
This Rush great-grand-baby is named after the oldest Rush child.
Who is Mary-Katherine?
300
The title of the autobiography " By Any Means Necessary" is about this person.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
The hairdresser who styled Miriam, Mary and Nikki gave this style to only Mary and Nikki.
What is the Jerri Curl
?
300
This grandbaby has a strong presence in the entertainment industry and has created several songs, podcasts, performed in stage plays and musicals and made videos.
Who is Olivia Simone, AKA...stage name "SYMONE"?
300
She is often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman”?
Who us Aretha Franklin?
300
This is the East St. Louis Church that hosted the wedding and funeral of many from the Rush geneology for more than 40 decades.
What is Friendship Missionary Baptist Church?
300
This Rush great-grand played college football and is a professional coach.
Who is Lil KO (rey-Lin)?
400
This institution of higher learning was founded on the highest of 7 hills in the capital city of a southern state.
What is Florida A&M University
400
This natural fiber was the leading economic contributor to the state of Mississippi and was the Townsend family's major source of revenue.
What is cotton?
400
This grandbaby is a phenomenal athlete and has played on a team that has a two year losing streak...
Who is Elisha the Parkway football player?
400
This black rapper has made millions from several multi-platinum albums and has also stared on the famous television show Power.
Who is 50 Cent?
400
This Rush man is a probation officer and would host dance-offs with his nieces.
Who is Ernest?
400
This Rush great-grandbaby is named after a Rush couple.
Who is Marlie-Kimberlyn?
500
This activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination.
Who is Fredrick Douglas
500
This Townsend man proudly declared to a racist southern police office that he wasn't a "boy" and the boy was his 10 year old son sitting next to him.
Who was Pappa Townsend - Moses Roosevelt Townsend?
500
This grandbaby delivered a live baby birth at the age of 18 and even cut the umbilical cord.
Who is Lola - the Doula?
500
This African American was the first Black Governor of Virginia.
Who is Douglas Wilder?
500
The Mississippi town where Bigmama and Papa met and were married before moving to E. St. Louis.
What is Shuqualak
500
This Rush Grandbaby is the oldest and is only 5 years younger than the youngest Rush child.
Who is Bretta?