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These 3 cities have the highest population of Black Canadians.
What are Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa?
This artist’s song has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.
Who is The Weeknd?
In 1955, he challenged the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees Union and CNR to eliminate discriminatory clauses from their collective agreement, preventing promotions for porters.
Who is Lee Williams
Between 1815-1869 tens of thousands of African Americans sought refuge in Canada via this legendary route.
What is the Underground Railroad?
In 1912, this building on Lulu Street was a restaurant that featured such staples of southern US cooking as fried chicken, chicken tamales, barbecued spareribs, chili con carne, and creole shrimp. It also became renowned for live music performances.
What is Haynes Chicken Shack?
Beginning in the 2000s Canada’s Black immigrant population came primarily from this part of the world.
What is Africa?
He became the first Canadian to break the 10 second barrier in the 100 metre race and his record at the time made him the fastest ever recorded human.
Who is Donovan Bailey?
He won an award from the Manitoba Counsel for Exceptional Children
Who is Evan Tynes
In 2010, the mayor of Halifax apologized for the 1960s destruction of this historic Black community.
What is Africville?
A poet, editor, and lawyer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba was named the 11th Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada in January 2025.
Who is Chimwemwe Undi ?
In 2021, the Black population in Manitoba
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What was 46,485, which was 3.6% of the population?
She was the first Black pharmacist to graduate from the University of Manitoba.
Who is Frances Atwell?
Who is the founder of Black History Month in Manitoba
Who is Wade Kojo Williams?
African Americans who fought for the British during the American Revolution. They were offered freedom, land, and protection in exchange for their service.
Who are Black Loyalists?
The oldest Black Church in Winnipeg.
Who is Pilgrim Baptist Church
This neighborhood has the largest concentration of Black residents in the province.
What is The Central Park neighborhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba
She is University of Manitoba’s First Black Female Medical Graduate
Who is June James?
She served as Pilgrim Baptist Secretary for 10 years.
Who is Carlette Ashley?
He was among the first documented Black settlers in Manitoba. Originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts, Beal immigrated to Canada in 1906, eventually homesteading in the Swan River Valley. He contributed significantly to the community as a school secretary-treasurer, Sunday school secretary, and amateur photographer.
Who is William Sylvester Alpheus Beal (1874-1968): Commonly known as Billy Beal?
This day marks the date in 1834 when the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect in the British Empire.
In Manitoba, this Act was passed, which proclaimed August 1st as?
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What is Emancipation Day?
This community in eastern Canada has the highest percentage of Black people in the nation.
What is North Preston (Halifax)?
He was the former Light Heavy-Weight Boxing Champion of Canada and remained active in the boxing community as a trainer and mentor. Also inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
Who is Al Sparks?
The longest serving Minister at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Who is Reverend McCarver?
It was there that the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, believed by many to be the first Black union in North America, gathered on the second floor. In 1929, the main floor became home to a number of businesses catering to the Black community, including a barber shop and the Unity Pool Hall, which had a lunch counter. This was known as?
What is 795 main street, thee Coloured Club?
What is Black History Manitoba Committee's theme for the 44th celebration
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What is “Connecting Communities — Hearts, Hands, History”?