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A RESTAURANT ONCE OWNED BY CELTICS GREAT BILL RUSSELL, AND HAD LEGENDARY VISITORS SUCH AS MUHAMMAD ALI, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND MALCOLM X
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BEYONCE’S BLACK PANTHER-INSPIRED CONCEPT FOR HER PERFORMANCE OF “FORMATION” WAS A MAJOR PERFORMANCE AT THIS EVENT
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SHE ADVANCED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY INTEGRATING HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD.
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THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING THE LAST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO BE EMANCIPATED STARTED IN THIS STATE
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A SILK-LIKE MATERIAL WORN AROUND THE HEAD TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF “WAVES”
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“I LOVES HARPO. GOD KNOWS I DO. BUT I’D KILL HIM DEAD BEFORE I LET HIM BEAT ME.”
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A PERSON MADE HEADLINES AS MASSACHUSETTS FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR AND ONLY THE NATION’S 2nd
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TOUTING ARTISTS LIKE THE SUPREMES, MARVIN GAYE, THE TEMPTATIONS, THE MARVELETTES THIS COMPANY AIMED TO APPEAL TO ALL OF THE COUNTRY’S YOUTH
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THE NETFLIX SERIES “SELF MADE” IS ABOUT THIS FIRST BLACK FEMALE MILLIONAIRE
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ON MARCH 2ND 1955, A FULL 9 MONTHS BEFORE ROSA PARKS TOOK HER FAMOUS STAND, SHE BOARDED A CITY BUS WITH HER FRIEND , TAKING A SEAT BEHIND THE FIRST FIVE ROW WHICH WERE RESERVED FOR WHITES
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A COMMON EXPRESSION WHICH SUGGESTS BLACK SKIN DOES AGE OR WRINKLE
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"SEXUAL CHOCOLATE!"
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BEFORE FOUNDING THE NAACP, W.E.B. DUBOIS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO EARN A PHD AT THIS UNIVERSITY
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THOUGH HE DIED YOUNG, A NEW KIND OF ROCK MUSIC WAS BORN WHEN HE LIT HIS GUITAR ON FIRE AT THE END OF A MUSIC FESTIVAL SET
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KNOWN AS THE PEANUT MAN, THIS INVENTOR DEVELOPED OVER 300 USES FOR PEANUTS AND LEAD THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AT THE RECENTLY FORMED TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
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JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DU SABLE ESTABLISHED THIS NON-INDIGENOUS SETTLEMENT NOW KNOWN AS THIS MAJOR AMERICAN CITY
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AN EVENT THAT INVOLVES “GETTING TOGETHER” IN A LOW KEY FASHION
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AIN’T NOBODY COMING TO SEE YOU, OTIS!"
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THE FIRST PERSON KILLED IN THE BOSTON MASSACRE AND THUS THE FIRST AMERICAN KILLED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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WITH VH1 NAMING IT THE GREATEST DANCE SONG EVER AND THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ADDING IT TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY IN 2016 THIS SONG BY GLORIA GAYNER WAS RELEASED IN 1978
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MLK DELIVERED HIS WELL KNOWN I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AT THIS EVENT
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THIS ENTERTAINER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER PERFORMANCE TOURS ACROSS EUROPE TO SPY ON BEHALF FRANCE IN WWII
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THIS WORD HAS A VARIETY OF MEANING INCLUDING” OKAY, A WAGER, “ITS ON SIGHT” CONVERSATION OVER ETC.
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"BYE, FELISHA!"
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KNOWN AS “FIRST LADY OF ROXBURY” THIS 24-YEAR-OLD ORGANIZED BLACK WOMEN TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS
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CONSIDERED THE FIRST MAJOR HIP-HOP DJ, DJ KOOL HERC USED TWO TURNTABLES TO INTRODUCE THE HUGE SOUND SYSTEMS OF THIS COUNTRY, TO INNER-CITY PARTIES
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, WHICH ENDED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC PLACES AND BANNED EMPLOYMENTS DISCRIMINATION, WAS PASSED THIS YEAR
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MLK WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS INCLUDING THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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FOR THE CULTURE FINISH THIS LYRIC: IS IT WORTH IT, LET ME WORK IT..”
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YOU’VE BEEN HOODWINKED, BAMBOOZLED. LED ASTRAY! RUN AMOK!
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