A Canadian Businesswoman who managed a beauty salon and refused to sit in the designated Black area of a movie theatre.
Who is Viola Desmond
She invented hair care products for black women.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
In 2020 she became the first woman, the first woman of color, the first Black woman, and the first South Asian woman elected to this office.
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris?
This person was given the nickname Moses
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What does HBCU stand for
What is Historically Black College or University
The 1st Black person in Alberta to graduate law school and made history as Canada's first Black Female Lawyer.
Who is Violet King?
These sisters were the inventors of the walker and the toilet tissue holder.
Who are Mary and Mildred Davidson?
The writer of "Why Does the Caged Bird Sing" who won the Medal of Presidential Freedom in 2010.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The first black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This is the full name of the 44th president of the United States of America
Who is Barack Hussein Obama II
The 1st Black Canadian Woman to be elected to the House of Commons and proposed to motion to recognize Black History Month in Canada.
Who is the Honourable Jean Augustine?
The inventor of the hairweave.
Who is Christina Jenkins?
Who was the 1st African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Who is Misty Copeland
Used her platform as a journalist to lead an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890's and later co-founded the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This is what NAACP stands for
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The first Black women doctor in Canada?
Who is Sophia Jones?
She invented voice over internet protocol (VoIP) networks.
Who was Marian Croak?
Who became the 1st woman candidate for president
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who is Nina Simone?
This is known, by many, as the black national anthem
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
The enslaved Black women who was accused of burning down buildings in Montreal and was hanged.
Who is Angelique?
The inventor of the Laserphaco Probe
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
She refused to let her disability stop her and became the first American women to win three gold medals in Track and Field during the 1960 summer Olympic games in Rome.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
She was the premiere behind-the-scenes organizer, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) headed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and an inspiring force behind the creation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Who is Ella Baker?
The name of the all black US Army Calvary that fought and protected the western frontier
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers