I had to come back to this because ask yourself. Why did a color barrier exist?! What other reason besides politics would there be a color barrier? Why was breaking it historic?!
From 1998 - 2000 Mos and Kweli dropped three 5 mic albums (in my opinion). That is a pretty legendary run between them in such a short timeframe. It was like two highly touted draft picks coming in and dominating the league in their first few years in the pros.
Harriet Tubman died the year Delta Sigma Theta was founded. the probability of Rosa Parks having seen the first two Shrek movies is a nonzero number. Ruby Bridges has an instagram.