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He said it was "Time to heal our women, be real to our women"
Tupac Shaqur
She made history in September 2004 by gifting every member of her studio audience a brand new car
Oprah Winfrey
She was the first woman and Black person to read a poem at a presidential inauguration in history
Maya Angelou
This place is regarded as the birthplace of Hip-Hop
The Bronx, New York
Who said "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"
Duke Ellington
She was the first Black woman to win 5 Grammys in one night
Lauryn Hill
This player broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by the LA Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
Chubby Checker's signature dance move was banned in New York City school for being "unchristian". What famous dance was it?
"The Twist"
She said
"In the whole world you know
There's a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black
And that's a fact"
Nina Simone
This railroad "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle
Harriet Tubman
In July 1881, this man became the first principal of Tuskegee University in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
As a student at Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shaqur took these classes...
Ballet and poetry