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The first female artist to win a Grammy for the Rap Album of the Year.

Who is Lauryn Hill?

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"I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this
So I had to grind like that to shine like this "

What is Dreams and Nightmares?

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Parents say, "I might've been born at night, but....."

What is not last night?

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The first black Supreme Court Justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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This holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were informed that they were free.

What is Juneteenth?

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This group pioneered the sub-genre of 'gansta rap' with the release of their track "Straight Outta Compton".

Who N.W.A?

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"I used to think that I wasn't fine enough. And I used to think that I wasn't wild enough."

What is Love?

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This person who says " Im not one of your little friends"
Who is my Mom
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Deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and founder of the Rainbow Coalition.

Who is Fred Hampton?

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This march led by the NAACP was attented by approximately 250,000 people and most known for MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech.

What is The March on Washington?

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Hip-Hop originated in this New York City borough.

Where is The Bronx?

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"Me and your daughter got a special thang goin' on
You say it's puppy love, we say it's full-grown
Hope that we feel this, feel this way forever"

What is Ms Jackson?

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Your mom once said that you smell like this.

What is outside?

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The first African American second basemen

Who is Jackie Robinson

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A period of cultural and artistic expression by African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s.  

What is The Harlem Renaissance?

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This rapper was a honor student at McMain magnet school and also attended the University of Houston.

Who is Lil Wayne

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"No matter how I think we grow you always seem to let me know, it ain't working"

What is Ex-Factor?

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Respond to this statement: " Mom can we go to McDonalds"
What is do you got McDonalds money?
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First black person to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

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A thriving center of Black economic activity and wealth, dubbed "Black Wall Street", that was later massacred from May 31-June 1, 1921.

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?

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The only rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

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"I know you're in to groovin', love your body language.
Baby, let me know - you've got me sort of anxious.
We both are here to have good fun"

What is Let It Whip?

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The title of the Black National Anthem.

What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

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This black activist court case lead to the desegregation of American higher education.

Who is Heman Sweatt

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A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

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