Firsts
Canada's first Black Governor General.
Who is Michaëlle Jean?
The year Black History Month was founded.
What is 1926?
Canada's federal government recognizes this month as Black History Month.
What is February?
This former TV talk show host is the first Black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This Certified Lover Boy starred on the popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi.
Who is Drake?
The first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
A movement that addresses systemic racism and violence against African Americans and other groups with ties to Black culture.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This Caribbean restaurant in Leslieville was used to film the music video of a popular Rihanna song.
What is The Real Jerk?
This Barbadian singer just headlined the Super Bowl after a long hiatus in her music career.
Who is Rihanna?
In 2009, she became Disney's first Black Princess.
Who is Princess Tiana?
Canada's first female judge in Canada.
Who is Corrine Sparks?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad also known as "The Moses of her People."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Nova Scotian challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a White-Only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow.
Who is Viola Desmond?
Author of the bestselling memoir, "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This Toronto born singer of Ethiopian decent is known for singing hits like "Blinding Lights" and "Can't Feel My Face."
Who is The Weeknd?
The first Black female elected to a Provincial Legislature in Canada.
Who is Rosemary Brown?
This route and series of safe houses were used by enslaved people in the American South to escape to Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A popular cultural festival founded in 1967 by ten Torontonians with a common West Indian heritage.
What is Caribana?
A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a _____.
What is a busta?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
Canada's first all-Black battalion.
What is the No 2. Construction Battalion?
This baseball player played on the Montreal Royals baseball team before making his historical debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This historic sight in Dresden, Ontario received the Harriet Tubman award, for Black History preservation, programming and historical site stewardship, given out by Ontario Black History Society.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin historic site?
This Emmy winner became the first drag queen to become a spokesmodel for M.A.C cosmetics.
Who is Rupaul?
This Destiny's Child currently holds the most Grammy wins of all time.
Who is Beyoncé?