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This date marks the enforcement of the Slavery Abolition Act where enslaved in the Americas were "Emancipated" and granted their freedom.
What is August 1, 1834?
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These Red Tailed Angels pioneered Black Military Aviation in the 1940s when they fought in WWII. Spit Fire!
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
100
To Sir, with Love. This actor, filmmaker & civil rights activist was the first Black man to win an Oscar.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
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Lightening does strike thrice! With nine gold medals in track and field events at three consecutive ‘Olympic Games’; a feat which no other person had achieved before; this track and field world record holder has achieved the ‘triple-triple’.
Who is Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, CD, OLY?
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Catch a Fire! His Exodus album is Time magazine's Album of the Century
Who is Robert Nesta Marley aka Bob Marley?
200
It was a train metaphor for a network of people and safe houses that formed a series of escape routes that stretched from the American South to Mexico and Canada (the most popular option). Harriet Tubman was a famed conductor.
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
Checkmate! Although not born into slavery, this inventor of the lawn mower did not escape field labour as a teenager.
Who is John A Burr?
200
In 2018 this film, based on the Marvel Comics' character of the same name, made history as the first Marvel Studios film with a Black director and a predominantly Black cast. Wakanda forever!
What is the Black Panther?
200
As the oldest professional football league, this league was the first to have Black players and had the first Black QB.
What is the Canadian Football League (CFL)?
200
A famed poet and author, she is the first Black woman to appear on a US quarter. Oprah is a fan.
Who is Dr. Maya Angelou?
300
This Canadian lawyer became the first Black Canadian Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first Black federal Cabinet Minister and served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Who is Lincoln MacCauley Alexander PC CC OOnt CD QC?
300
This NASA physicist invented the technology for 3D movies and television.
Who is Valerie Thomas?
300
TGIT! In 2007 and 2021, this creator of Grey's Anatomy was named by Time on the Time 100 annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
300
This Canadian Sports Hall of Famer set a total of 7 WR during his career. His namesake award is the national awards dinner for Canada's black community organized by the Black Business and Professionals Association (BBPA).
Who is "Harry" Winston Jerome OC?
300
Rooted in history, this hairdo was used to create maps to help enslaved people escape plantations.
What are cornrows?
400
Got 10 bucks? The face of this Nova Scotian, civil rights activist can be seen on the CAD $10. She was convicted of a minor tax "viola-tion" when she sat in the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Who is Viola Desmond?
400
The next time you use Google Maps, Waze or any Navigation Device or software, you can thank this inventor of GPS technology.
Who is Dr. Gladys Mae West?
400
Ohio is the birthplace of this Oscar winner in a leading role, the first and, to date, only African-American woman to have won the award!
Who is Halle Berry?
400
This American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion. Oh yeah, he also invented an improved version of the wrench.
Who is John Arthur Johnson aka Jack Johnson?
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She was Canada's first lady of jazz whose face can be found on a collection of stamps by the Canada Post.
Who is Eleanor Collins?
500
This Grenadian born, former politician, who holds the Order of Ontario, motioned to have the month of February be declared Black History Month in Canada
Who is Dr Jean Augustine, P.C., C.M., O.Ont, C.B.E.?
500
1-2-3 Redlight! This inventor of the 3 light traffic lights also invented and patented inventions for hair-straightening product, a breathing device and a revamped sewing machine
Who is Garrett Morgan?
500
This French writer is one of the most widely read authors with books such as The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo & The Iron Mask.
Who is Alexandre Dumas?
500
At 6ft tall he was the world's first Black samurai who hailed from Makua tribe of Mozambique but served in Kyoto, Japan.
Who is Yasukee?
500
This American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.
Who is Mary Ann Shadd?