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.
"Swallow". A verb that means to push food through your pharynx would be to "Swallow".
D. "Before he went to sleep" is a dependent clause.
Answer:
Your mad
Explanation: go to school and learn