Black History Month

How long did slavery last in Canada?

Select the awards Senator Bernard has received.

What did Carrie Mae Best do throughout her life?

How many people showed up to the march of Washington?

Who helped create the Toronto Carribean Festival?

What is the current name given to the country of Richard Pierpoint's birth?

When Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus she set off...

What was the historical significance of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn?

Who was the first black postal service carrier in Toronto?

Which of the following hockey teams did Willie O'Ree NOT play for?

Why did Carrie Mae Best advocate?

Which of these historical figures was kidnapped from their home in Bondu and sold into slavery at the age of 16?

The grandparents of this person escaped slavery and arrived in Canada via the Underground Railroad.

Who won the 2021 Dr. Clement Ligoure Award for exceptional medical service to the people of Nova Scotia?

What disease caused the death of Dr. Ligoure?

In 1985 archaeologists in Toronto discovered a small house that was once the home and business of the Blackburns.

How old was the first slave in Canada?

Dr. Ligoure was a critical first-responder to victims of this disaster in 1917. 

Lucie and Thornton Blackburn were known as Abolitionists. An abolitionist seeks to abolish racism.

What was the underground railroad?

How many siblings did Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard have?

What was the name of Kathleen Livingstone's radio show?

What was the name of Carrie Mae Best's newspaper she published?

Who, in 1821, petitioned the government of Upper Canada for passage back to West Africa, but his request was denied?

Where did Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard teach before becoming a senator, and in what field?

In which Canadian city was there a law saying Black people were not allowed to live within its borders?

What is the name of the all-black unit that allowed black soldiers to enlist during WW1?