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In 2015, President Obama awarded this mathematician and "human computer" the Presidential Medal of Freedom due to her work in NASA which includes calculating the trajectory of the U.S.’s first human spaceflight in 1961. She also calculated the trajectories of Neil Armstrong’s historic mission to the moon on Apollo 11 in 1969.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
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Who are Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X?
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This U.S Army General and statesman, who passed away on October of last year, was the nation’s first African American secretary of state, serving from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush.
Who is Colin Powell?
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In 2021, this rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer, whose hits like "The Rain", "Hoy Boyz", "One Minute", "Get Ur Freak On", "Work It", and "Gossip Folks" forever changed both hip-hop music and the music video landscape, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Who is Missy Elliot?
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While NFL wide receiver Justin Jefferson helped popularize this popular dance move during his rookie season in 2020 to now Fortnite status, it was actually started in 2017 by fellow Louisianan Allen Davis.
What is the Griddy Dance?
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This American electric engineer, venture capitalist and Silicon Valley pioneer helped developed high-speed semiconductor computer-memory systems at Fairchild Semiconductor R&D Labs in the 1960s, which were considered the fastest at the time.
Who is Dr. Frank S. Greene, Jr?
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These famous Civil Rights marches, the first march infamously known as Bloody Sunday, contributed to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.
The Selma to Montgomery Marches
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This American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement became the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction in 1966 and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1972
Who is Barbara Jordan?
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This pivotal musical group during the early days of hip hop music, who laid the groundwork in socially conscious rap music with their signature hit signature hit "The Message", were the first hip-hop group to be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, with Jay-Z presenting them with the award.
Who are Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
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What is Spilling/sipping the tea?
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This physician, the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT, is responsible for monumental telecommunications research that led to the invention of products such as the touch-tone phone, portable fax, fiber optic cables, and caller ID.
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
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The late Rep. John Lewis started his life-long fight for civil rights when he helped co-founded this pivotal Civil Rights group in April 1960, which was the principal channel of student commitment for the Civil Rights movement during the decade
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee or SNCC
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This American diplomat, politician and lawyer made history in 1992, when she became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, representing the state of Illinois.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
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Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" who hits include "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "The Best", she became the first black artist as well as the first female are to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone with the magazine's 2nd issue(November 23, 1967)
Who is Tina Turner?
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Weddings, dance clubs, school dances, prom nights, birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras and sporting events need to thank Chicagoan DJ Casper for creating this dance classic.
What is the Cha-Cha Slide?
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This computer scientist and engineer helped develop a number of landmark technologies for IBM, including the color PC monitor and the first Gigahertz chip.
Who is Mark E. Dean?
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This husband and wife, who fled Virginia in 1958 to avoid prison time due to being an interracial couple, paved the way of striking down the Virginia statute and all state anti-miscegenation laws as unconstitutional with the 1967 verdict of their Supreme Court case.
Who are Richard and Mildred Loving?
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After narrowing losing the election for a spot on the school board of Taft, Oklahoma, this first-time candidate decided to set her sights to the town's top job. In 1973, she was elected it's mayor, making her the first African American woman to be elected to the role in the U.S.
Who is Lelia Foley?
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In April 14th 1960, this record executive, songwriter, and producer founded Motown Records, the birthplace of musical acts such as The Supremes, the Miracles, Smoky Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, the Contours, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Commodores, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5.
Who is Berry Gordy?
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If you’re tired of putting up with someone, just throw out this slang term first popularized in the 1995 comedy classic Friday.
What is Bye, Felicia?
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This former Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during the Obama Administration, who had a hand in the creation of famous Internet technologies including Shockwave and Hulu, developed the animation used to produce GIFs(Yes, it's pronounced GIFs not JIFFs you sociopaths!)
Who is Lisa Gelobter?
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Following the arrest of Rosa Park in December 1st, 1955, this unsung hero of the Civil Right Movement distributed over 50,000 flyers all over the city of Montgomery overnight calling on African Americans to boycott city buses on December 5, effectively starting the historic 1955 bus boycott
Who is Jo Ann Robinson?
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In 1870, this son of Fayetteville, North Carolina became the first African-American to serve in Congress, as a Republican senator representing the state of Mississippi.
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
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Despite living during a time when music in America was divided into two categories — popular music and race music — this iconic Jazz singer dubbed "The First Lady of Song" still managed to become the first Black artist to win a Grammy at the inaugural show in 1958. In fact, she won two that night.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
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This informal spoken-word contest in which one trades insults with someone else about each other and each other's family members(especially moms) in front of an audience of bystanders is considered a schoolyard tradition from kid generation to kid generation. Just remember to not take the jokes too seriously.
What are the Dozens/Dirty Dozens/ Yo' Mama jokes?