Black Leaders
He was the first and only black president for South Africa
Who is Nelson Mandela?
He was a African American inventor who published a Farmers' Almanac
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Is the time period Nelson Mandela spend in jail
What is 27 years?
He is known as the fastest living person on earth
Who is Usain Bolt?
This province was where the first batch of West Indians arrived in Canada.
What is Nova Scotia?
Is the year Barack Obama first got elected to be president.
What is 2008?
She created specialized hair products for African Americans and was one of the first women to become a self-made millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
He fought for equal rights between the blacks and the whites in the US.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
He was a world champion boxer that was part of the nation of Islam
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This place was home to multiple immigrant communities, but was largely known for it African-Canadians population in Vancouver.
What is Hogan's Alley?
He was born into slavery. This man helped lead the U.S. movement to abolish slavery. He was also the first African American to hold a high-ranking federal position in the U.S.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
He was the second black inventor to be issued a patent. He invented the early spark plug.
Who is Henry Blair?
She was a conductor on the underground railroad. She escaped slavery, but went back several times and rescued her family and other slaves.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was the first black player to play Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was considered to be one of the best softball pitchers in the world.
Who is Robert "Mark" Smith?
He was a criminal in Boston, accused of burglary in 1946 and he was shot and killed in 1965. He was also a member of the Nation of Islam.
Who Is Malcom X?
Born a slave, he later became a free man and earned his degree. He discovered 100 uses for the peanut.
Who is George Washington Carver?
He was the first African-American Supreme Court justice and served for 24 years.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Shaq entered the NBA in 1992, and this was the first he was drafted to?
What is Orlando Magic?
This person opened and operated his own pharmacy on Yonge Street in Toronto in the mid 1850.
A.T. Augusta
She was credited because she did not give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He was the son of a Kentucky slave, escaped to Canada using the underground railroad, he later developed a lubricating cup for steam engines.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
What wrote a famous speech ‘I have a Dream’ the speech took place at the March on Washington?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s?
This basketball player had 1 MVP award, 16 all star rings and is nicknamed
"black mamba".
Who is Kobe Bryant?
This was the first Black man to visit Canada in 1607. He was also the French interpreter for a trading expedition to Nova Scotia.
Who is Mattieu da Costa?