Wicked would be the best answer to this
My eyes filling with tear
I'd say the answer is A) like rivers, people keep moving and finding new paths.
He wants to say that even black people will manage to find a good future, following a new path, the same way any other human being will.
The other examples do not seem correct to me.
He shot his arrow through the seven trees because it was a challenge. It was done to prove his strength, valor, and skill. Not only did it do that, but it also pierced a mountain, entered earth, made a circle and came through the other side and went back into Rama's quiver.