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Black History Figures
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During the Civil War Harriet Tubman was labeled as a capable nurse, with extensive knowledge of natural and herbal remedies. She treated many soldiers who were suffering from dysentery and smallpox while remarkably managing to stay healthy herself. She widely known for...

Freeing over 300 slaves travel the underground railroad to freedom

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How many Black Individuals have been RNAO Presidents

Dr. Jocelyn Hezekiah (1979-1981)

Dr. Joan Lesmond (2004-2006) 

Dr. Angela Cooper Brathwaite (2018-2020).

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 Which music genres were created by Black individuals? 

  1. Hip Hop

  2. Jazz

  3. R&B

  4. Country 

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This baseball player played on which Canadian baseball team before making his historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947? (first black mlb player)

Jackie Robinson

200

Many black enslaved people escaped to the north via?

Underground Railroad

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Otis Brooklyn was an inventor and engineer improved the control unit of this implanted device that controls a persons heartbeat? 

Pacemaker


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Dr. Oriuwa graduated from the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine in 2020 where she was the first Black woman to be named the sole valedictorian of her class. She was included in this line of dolls advocacy against systemic racism in health care

Barbie

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This popular figure is best known for refusing to give up her seat on the bus? 

Rosa Parks

300

Which Canadian destination was the major destination for runaway slaves?

Ontario

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What study included the unethical involvement of African-American men to discover the treatment for syphilis?

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis

300

In 1967, 10 Torontonians — all with a common West Indian heritage — founded what popular cultural festival?


Caribana 

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Which black female musician has the record for the most grammy wins? 

Beyonce


400

Who was the first black Canadian member of parliament in the house of commons?


Lincoln M Alexander 

400

 Dr. Vivien Thomas created a procedure to treat this cyanotic heart disease in infants?   

Hint: think colour

blue baby syndrome”

400

This prominent African American is regarded as the most influential African American in history? 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

400

This marvel comics character is the first black superhero

Black Panther


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Slavery was abolished in Canada in this year? 

1833

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400: Dr. Rebeeca Crumpler previously worked as a nurse, then attended the  New England Female Medical College in 1864, and became the first Black female physician in the United States. Dr. Crumpler was also one of the first African American to make a publication with the release of her book titled …

Book of Medical of Diagnoses 

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The three light traffic signal was created by this African American Inventor in 1923

Garrett Morgan 

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6. In 1946, this Nova Scotian businesswoman challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow 

Viola Desmond