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Crypto African American First

Below is a group of letters that doesn’t seem to mean a thing. That’s because they are written in code.

Each letter represents another letter.

If you figure out what each letter stands for, you will spell out a word.

For example, if R=L T=A F=Y B=D O=I and A=Y Lay’Di Lily will be spelled RTF’BO RORA

These groups all have to do with African American firsts.

A brief description is given of each person.

The sharp reader will pick up valuable hints in the brief description.

For example, the answer to the first crypto is Dr. Ralph Bunche. Notice the word bunch in the description.

BZ. ZFVNJ RMTKGI

A bunch of you know me. I successfully ended the first Israeli/Arabic war. I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this. I was the first African American to receive this prestigious award.

QXGT WCIFD ZXKO

Ask your granny to rock you, but not to fast, or you might sweat as she tells you how I was one of the first to coin the phrase ‘Black is Beautiful.’ I became the first African American admitted to the practice before the Supreme Court.

BITSFZO PIWIA

Mark this on your calendar, ‘den’ move on. I organized the first extensive slave revolt in America, in Charleston South Carolina in

1822.

Excerpt from poem King of the World

I sat and watched the news today.

After that I had to pray.

Another black male had been shot in the head.

They say we don’t do anything but kill each other dead.

Is all that true just because it on the news?

No!!

Why don’t they show that brother who built his business from the ground?

Got back up when he was pushed down.

When a black man makes it to the top,

A new hope unfurls.

HAIL BLACK MAN!

KING OF THE WORLD!

Now I like the black man and he likes me.

So, we’re going to be one big family.

On the count of three let’s all say Hoorah!

Cause when we stick together

we make it real far.

Now that black king is nothing without that black queen behind him pushing him up that hill.

Without her, he’ll stumble and fall.

But when we stick together;

it’s all for one and one for all.

Now I don’t care if you’ve got fifteen children.

Eight boys and seven girls.

HAIL BLACK MAN!

KING OF THE WORLD!

John B. Russwrum (Skit)

Graduation. All the graduates are white except one. The announcer calls each graduate up to get his diploma. Each one comes up, takes his diploma, shakes the announcer’s hand and returns to his seat.)

ANNOUNCER: Our next graduate is John B. Russwurm.

JOHN B. RUSSWURM: (Walks up to announcer, takes his diploma, smiles and nods. Hands newspaper to announcer.) Here sir, this is for you.

ANNOUNCER: (Takes newspaper and looks at it.) What is this?

JOHN B. RUSSWURM: It’s a copy of my newspaper. ‘Freedom Journal.’ You know, this is the country’s first black newspaper.

ANNOUNCER: (Looks at paper and reads) Freedom Journal. Congratulations, John B. Russwurm. You are co-founder of the country’s first black newspaper and you are one of the first black college graduates in the United States.

JOHN B. RUSSWURM: Thank you sir. (Shakes hands with announcer again, takes diploma and returns to his seat as the curtain closes.)

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