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DeMar DeRozan was born in this American State
What is California?
Barack and Michelle Obama raised these children together in the White House from 2009 to 2017
Who are Malia and Sasha Obama?
American NBA player DeMar DeRozan played for this Canadian NBA team
What is the Toronto Raptors?
The famous "I have a dream" speech was given by this individual
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is Viola Davis Desmond?
Garret Morgan invented the traffic signal after witnessing a collision between these two things
What is an automobile and a horse drawn carriage?
The former president Barack Obama went to this prestigious law school
What is Harvard Law School?
Slavery was abolished in Canada in this year
What happened in 1834?
In Ontario each year, January 21 has been designated this notable day of recognition to highlight the individual's public service and leading role in the fight for racial equality in Canada
What is Lincoln Alexander Day?
Hailing from Nova Scotia, this individual is considered to be one of Canada's first Black concert singers to reach international fame
Who is Portia White?
Elijah McCoy is famous for inventing this product which became the basis for the idiom "the Real McCoy"
What is "the Real McCoy" automatic train lubricant?
This feminist, writer, educator, lecturer, and mother became the first Black woman to sit in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Who is Rosemary Brown?
After working with Thomas Edison on incandescent lighting, Lewis Howard Latimer was the first person of colour included in this prestigious group of inventors.
Who are the Edison Pioneers?
This individual was very active in supporting the rights of Black workers and was committed to helping Black individuals obtain employment.
Who is Violet King Henry?
Madam CJ Walker is known as being America's first of this.
Who is America's first female millionaire?
This historical figure from West Africa is still to this day considered the richest man of all time
Who is Mansa Musa?
This Nova Scotian lawyer was the first Black Canadian to have a seat in the Senate of Canada
Who is Donald H. Oliver?
This pentalingual interpreter was the first recorded man of African heritage to reach Canadian shores
Who is Mathieu DaCosta?
Viola Desmond was unjustly convicted in 1946, and was finally given a pardon in this year.
What happened in 2010?
In the federal elections of 1993, she became the first Black woman elected to the Parliament of Canada.
Who is Jean Augustine?
In 1969, this person invented and patented the modern day home security system
In 1985, this individual became the first Black Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Who is Lincoln Alexander?
The last segregated school closed in Canada in this year.
What happened in 1983?
1996 was the year that this notable celebratory period of 28 days was officially recognized and observed in Canada.
This individual was the first Black person to graduate from law school in Alberta and became the first Black female lawyer in Canada.
Who is Violet King Henry?