THE FIRSTS
BEFORE HE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE USA BARACK OBAMA WAS A US SENATOR OF THIS STATE
WHAT IS ILLINOIS
THE BUS WOULDN'T MOVE UNTIL MRS.PARKS MOVED HER SEAT TO THE BACK OF THE BUS SPARKING THIS MOVEMENT
WHAT IS THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
JACKIE ROBINSON INTEGRATED THE MLB BY PLAYING ON THIS TEAM
WHAT IS THE DODGERS
I DID “THAT THING” WHEN I TOOK HOME 7 GRAMMYS IN ONE NIGHT
WHO IS LAURYN HILL
"WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH"
WHO IS MICHELLE OBAMA
SOMEONE TOLD GINGER “THE GRASS IS MUCH GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE”
WHO IS MACY GRAY
IN 1954 HE SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THE HISTORIC CASE BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND LATER WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SERVE AS A JUSTICE ON THE SUPREME COURT
WHO IS THURGOOD MARSHALL
I THOUGHT I HAD TALENT BUT THE HATERS BOOOED ME OFF THE STAGE
WHAT IS AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE APOLLO
SECURING A BIGGER WIN THAN THE SUPERBOWL, NIKE SPONSORED HIM WHEN HE LOST HIS DAY JOB
WHO IS COLIN KAEPERNICK
SHE SAID: I’M ROOTING FOR EVERYBODY BLACK
WHO IS ISSA RAE
“YOU CAN’T SEPARATE PEACE FROM FREEDOM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE AT PEACE UNLESS HE HAS HIS FREEDOM”
WHO IS MALCOLM X
HUEY FREEMAN, RILEY FREEMAN
WHO IS REGINA KING
IN 1864, AFTER YEARS AS A NURSE, SHE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES TO RECEIVE A MEDICAL DEGREE.
WHO IS REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER
I COULDN’T PICK UP THE CRAWFISH FOR THE JULY 4TH COOKOUT CAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON BOURBON STREET
WHAT IS ESSENCE FEST
DON’T WORRY ABOUT MY CATSUIT, FOCUS ON MY SWING
WHO IS SERENA WILLIAMS
I DON’T HAVE AN EGO, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU MY VIEW ON MY “EGOT”
WHO IS WHOPPI GOLDBERG
“HOLD FAST TO DREAMS, FOR IF DREAMS DIE, LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD THAT CANNOT FLY”
WHO IS LANGSTON HUGHES
ANGELICA’S NEMESIS, SUSIE CARMICHAEL
WHO IS CREE SUMMERS
SERVING THE 12TH DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1969 TO 1983, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE US CONGRESS AND WOULD LATER BECOME THE FIRST AA TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO WORK ON THIS MONDAY MORNING OF 1996 IN DC BECAUSE THIS LARGE GATHERING OF PEOPLE WAS BLOCKING THE ROAD
WHAT IS THE MILLION MAN MARCH
BEING AN ALL AROUND OLYMPIC CHAMPION, SHE SHOWED TAKING CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WINNING MEDALS
WHO IS SIMONE BILES
THE OSCAR GOES TO .. HATTIE MCDANIEL FOR HER ROLE IN THIS MOVIE
WHAT IS GONE WITH THE WIND
"THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT"
WHO IS MLK
MAKE ME PROUD, PENNY PROUD
WHO IS KYLA PRATT
IN 1983, THIS PERSON BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE
WHO IS GUION S. BLUFORD
I COULDN’T GET TO WORK IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING ON MAY 2ND 1967 BECAUSE THIS GROUP CARRYING GUNS WERE BLOCKING THE STEPS
WHAT IS THE BLACK PANTHERS
THIS ATHLETE "SINGLE-HANDEDLY CRUSHING HITLER'S MYTH OF ARYAN SUPREMACY" WHEN HE WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1936 OLYMPICS
WHO IS JESSIE OWENS
RALPH BUNCHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD HAVING ARRANGED A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND ARABS IN 1948
WHAT IS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"MY HUMANITY IS BOUND UP IN YOURS, FOR WE CAN ONLY BE HUMAN TOGETHER"
WHO IS DESMOND TUTU
WHETHER IN THE JUNGLE OR SPACE I AM YOUR FATHER
WHO IS JAMES EARL JONES