“I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean.” KnowsWayFirstsDreamBlackKnow HowFirst TimeCleanGrandmotherNightmarePotRecipesDreams Come TrueCubaCeilingsBeansCubanDrippingGreat Grandmother Author:Danny Pino
“The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but others beginning to think in different ways. And the black population was transformed, having risen up in mass action for the first time, feeling its power, knowing now that if the old order could be shaken it could be toppled.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentFeelingsActionOrderBlackWhiteKnowingEventsMassFirst TimePopulationDefenseDifferent WaysTransformedStubbornSegregationRisen Author:Howard Zinn
“The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsFirstsTwoBookDifferentReasonPoliticalCultureBlackPerfectBoysRightsHappenedGayFirst TimeEmpowermentTwentiesWestAcceptedErasOutsidersCoincidenceAmerican CultureFashionablePolitical CorrectnessBeing DifferentPostersGay RightsCorrectnessX Men Author:Mark Millar
“For the first time ever, a black Republican woman has been elected to Congress. President Obama told her, 'You are all set. This country never turns against a black anything.'” FirstsHas BeensCountryTurnsBlackPresidentRepublicanFirst TimeCongressPresident Obama Author:Conan O'Brien
“Holyfield won the fight. It's not the first time Romney has been knocked out by a black guy.” FirstsHas BeensGuyFightingBlackFirst TimeRomneyBlack Guys Author:David Letterman
“My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team. We charged money for tickets, saying the proceeds went to our school's recycling program. Then, immediately after the show, we divided up all the money and kept it.” FirstsShowsSchoolBlackTeamMembersHigh SchoolFirst TimeProgramTheaterBoxesPerformingDividedTicketsBasementsRecyclingBlack Boxes Author:Joe Mande
“With Nietzsche, the black pirates' flag appears for the first time on the high sea of German knowledge. (He is) a different man, from a different race, (his,) a new kind of heroism, philosophywith bellicose weapons and armor.” MenFirstsKindDifferentBlackRaceKnowledgeSeaWeaponsFirst TimePhilosophicalFlagsHeroismPirateArmorDifferent RacesHigh Seas Author:Stefan Zweig
“For the first time in our history, every spectrum of black thought is in the same room on the same page with a cause bigger than our persons, bigger than our organizations, and the cause is to ease the suffering of the masses of our people.” PeopleFirstsPersonsSufferingCausesBlackRoomsMassPagesFirst TimeOrganizationBiggerEaseSpectrum Author:Louis Farrakhan
“If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.” IfsFirstsHas BeensAbleBlackFirst TimeVery GoodAgentsCombinationCastingBalloonsMummy Author:Luke Ford
“Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home.” WantFirstsHomeRunningBlackPresidentTrumpFirst TimeWhy NotBlack Family Author:Snoop Dogg