Sunday
Dinners
Dinners
A Sunday desert/cake combining 2 fruits
Pineapple coconut cake
She sang gospel before Chain chain chain and was known as the
Queen of Soul
She ran for president, she represented Brooklyn, NY in Congress for seven terms, 1969 to 1983
Shirley Chisholm
She grew up in North Michigan Park, earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy from American University and became the seventh elected mayor of Washington, DC.
Muriel Bowser
Q: A premier American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader from Washington DC
A: Duke Ellington
What meat did Mama commonly cook for the New Year?
Pork (a variety)
Nine students who integrated a HS in 1957 were named
The Little Rock Nine
Born in 1879, she was young when she moved to Washington, D.C. with her formerly enslaved mother, she has a street named after her in NE DC
Nannie Helen Burroughs
An American politician, born in Washington DC, she a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for the District of Columbia since 1991
Elenor Holmes Norton
Q: The HS in DC focused on the ARTS is named for
A: Duke Ellington whose real is Edward Kennedy
A side likely served alongside baked ham
Potato salad
She is most famous for her historic 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert, her role as the first Black artist to perform at the Metropolitan Opera was a contralto and civil rights icon
Mirian Anderson
Which civil rights leader has a star on Hollywood’s walk of fame
Rosa Parks
Q: She was born and raised in DC, attended Howard University and became the Mayor of Washington, DC from January 2, 1991 – January 2, 1995
A: Sharon Pratt Kelly
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Name two DC landmarks named to honor a Kennedy (past and current)
RFK Stadium and The Kennedy Center
Fried bread that originated from Native American culinary traditions, later becoming a staple in Southern Black American cuisine/soul food as a way to stretch limited rations, this "survival bread"
Hot Water Cornbread
In 2009, the 1900 block of 7th Street NW, in Washington, D.C., between Florida Avenue and T Street, was renamed to what in honor of who….
Chuck Brown Way - Chuck Brown
A 2016 movie about the Untold Story of these Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race Was released
Hidden Figures
She has helped lead the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center where youth in Washington, DC can learn about tennis
Cora Masters Barry
Q: He was sworn in as Mayor of Washington DC by Justice Thurgood Marshall on January 2, 1975 following the passage of the DC Home Rule Act
A. Walter E. Washington
What vegetable needs several washings before cooking for Sunday dinner
Collard greens
World renowned 🎺 trumpet player out of New Orleans
Louis Armstrong
Who is the author of the book Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
She wants every customer to feel at home, you can begin to see why Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to spend many of his DC lunchtimes at her restaurant that’s been around for more than 65 years…. Name the restaurant
BEN’s Chili Bowl
Q: She attended Howard University. In 1968, she began singing professionally and was hired to perform regularly at Mr. Henry's Restaurant, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
A: Roberta Flack