Famous Black Pioneers
Professional Athletes
Black History Awareness
Influential Canadian black musicians of the 20th and 21st century
Historical Milestones
100
He said:“The time is always right to do what is right.” or “I have a dream”
Who is Martin Luther King?
100
This boxer was also known as the "Louisville Lip”. Hint: he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
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Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
Black History Month is an annual observance originating in this country.
What is the United States?
100
This popular rapper, singer and actor was born in Toronto in 1986 who knows what it means when that hotline blings.
Who is Drake?
100
He became the first Black president of the United States.
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Who is Barack Obama?
200
An African-Canadian businesswoman who refused to move from her seat in the “whites-only” section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow on 8 November 1946. Her face is on our 10 dollar bill.
Who is Viola Desmond?
200
He is one of the most outstanding NBA players of all time. He played for the L.A. Lakers. He also helped the U.S. bring home the gold in basketball in the 2008 Olympics.
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Who is Kobe Bryant?
200
In this year, Canada officially recognized February as Black History Month.
1995
200
He is one of the top Canadian R&B artists whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye who was born in Toronto.
Who is The Weeknd?
200
When did the Black Matters Movement begin?
2013
300
He was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He dedicated his life to ending apartheid and building a free, multiracial and democratic South Africa and by example, a more equal world
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
He is an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, and the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016).
300
That year, the Black History Month was first recognized.
1976
300
This lady was born in 1911 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is known for becoming the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame.
Who is Portia White?
300
Which mass walk drew a crowd of 125,000 participants/spectators took place on June 23, 1963?
Detroit Walk to Freedom
400
She refused to vacate a seat on a bus in favor of a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Who is Rosa Parks?
400
This gesture symbolizes not only the struggle for sporting supremacy, but also the fight for civil liberties. It is arguably the seminal moment in the history of the Olympics. Hint: 1968, medal ceremony.
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What is Olympics Black Power Salute?
400
He is known as the “Father of black history”.
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson?
400
This artist grew up in the Black working-class community of Little Burgundy in Montreal and has earned the title as one of the greatest pianists of all time. One of their most significant compositions Hymn to Freedom was written in 1962 and was embraced by people all over the world as the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Oscar Peterson?
400
In 2005, she became the first Black female U.S secretary of state.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
500
He was the first African American Nobel Prize winner. (Nobel Peace Prize)
Who is Ralph Bunche?
500
Mike Tyson kept those as exotic pets during 1990s
What are white Bengal tigers?
500
It is a theme of the 2023 Black History Month theme.
What is “The importance of Black Resistance”?
500
Drake played this animal in the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift.
What is a woolly mammoth?
500
In 1847, he launched his abolitionist and anti slavery newspaper, "The North Star."
Who is Frederick Douglass?