General BHM Trivia
During the Civil War Harriet Tubman was labeled as a capable nurse, with extensive knowledge of natural and herbal remedies. She treated many soldiers who were suffering from dysentery and smallpox while remarkably managing to stay healthy herself. She widely known for...
Freeing over 300 slaves travel the underground railroad to freedom
How many Black Individuals have been RNAO Presidents
3
Dr. Jocelyn Hezekiah (1979-1981)
Dr. Joan Lesmond (2004-2006)
Dr. Angela Cooper Brathwaite (2018-2020).
Which music genres were created by Black individuals?
Hip Hop
Jazz
R&B
Country
This baseball player played on which Canadian baseball team before making his historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947? (first black mlb player)
Jackie Robinson
Many black enslaved people escaped to the north via?
Underground Railroad
Otis Brooklyn was an inventor and engineer improved the control unit of this implanted device that controls a persons heartbeat?
Pacemaker
Dr. Oriuwa graduated from the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine in 2020 where she was the first Black woman to be named the sole valedictorian of her class. She was included in this line of dolls advocacy against systemic racism in health care
Barbie
This popular figure is best known for refusing to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
Which Canadian destination was the major destination for runaway slaves?
Ontario
What study included the unethical involvement of African-American men to discover the treatment for syphilis?
The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis
In 1967, 10 Torontonians — all with a common West Indian heritage — founded what popular cultural festival?
Caribana
Which black female musician has the record for the most grammy wins?
Beyonce
Who was the first black Canadian member of parliament in the house of commons?
Lincoln M Alexander
Dr. Vivien Thomas created a procedure to treat this cyanotic heart disease in infants?
Hint: think colour
blue baby syndrome”
This prominent African American is regarded as the most influential African American in history?
Martin Luther King Jr.
This marvel comics character is the first black superhero
Black Panther
Slavery was abolished in Canada in this year?
1833
400: Dr. Rebeeca Crumpler previously worked as a nurse, then attended the New England Female Medical College in 1864, and became the first Black female physician in the United States. Dr. Crumpler was also one of the first African American to make a publication with the release of her book titled …
Book of Medical of Diagnoses
The three light traffic signal was created by this African American Inventor in 1923
Garrett Morgan
6. In 1946, this Nova Scotian businesswoman challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow
Viola Desmond