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This Hawaii native was the first African American President of the United States
This activist had "a dream"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
His 2012 collection "Trilogy" marked his first three breakout mixtapes. 10 years later he is still topping the charts.
Who is The Weeknd
He is believed to be the first person of African descent to come to what is now Canada
Who is Mathieu da Costa
This museum features an exhibit about captured Africans travelling across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Buxton Museum
This Nova Scotia native was the first black person to become a boxing world champion
Who is George Dixon
She famously helped Black people in American escape slavery to Canada and is the most well known person involved in the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
This Raptors General Manager founded the Giants of Basketball program to help make basketball more accessible to African youth
Who is Masai Ujiri
Joseph Lewis travelled with this man sharing the same first name. He was the first Hudson's Bay Company employee to cross the Rocky Mountains.
Who is Joseph Howse
What is The Black Settlement Burial Ground
He was the first person of African American descent to arrive in Canada
Her refusal to move to the back of the bus caused her arrest, but it didn't stop her from fighting for her rights. Hip-Hop duo Outkast later made a song named after her.
Who is Rosa Parks
This former NBA player known for his signature "Skyhook" was also a passionate activist for civil rights
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
This interpreter made a name for himself as a fur trader by 1819
Who is Pierre Bonga
This Museum contains the first Black National Historic Site the Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church.
What is Amherstburg Freedom Museum
What is Emancipation Day
This activist became the first black person on a Canadian bill in 2018.
Who is Viola Desmond
This movie was made about three African American women that carried NASA
What is Hidden Figures
This interpreter also became a fur trader like hos dad
Who is Georges Bonga
This area has multiple monuments dedicated to Black Loyalists who arrived in the late 1700's
What is Birchtown
After receiving a scholarship from The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters she became the first Canadian Black female lawyer in 1954
Who is Violet King
According to Forbes in 2021 this man was the richest Black man with an estimated net worth of 11.5 billion dollars
The release of this group's third album "Fear Of A Black Planet" solidified them as legends in political music with tracks such as "911 Is A Joke" and "Fight The Power"
Who is Public Enemy
This Hudson's Bay Company employee built forts to protect his area around Vancouver Island
Who is Sir James Douglas
This site is where Josiah Henson, believed to be the person Harriet Beecher based her anti-slavery book off of, used to live
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site