BHM 2026

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Across
  1. 2. Last name of the first Black Canadian elected to Parliament
  2. 7. Most nominated artist in Grammy history
  3. 8. Canadian teen drama that launched the careers of several Black artists
  4. 9. Country that won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)
  5. 10. African nation where Black Loyalists relocated to from Halifax
  6. 11. Largest street festival in North America
  7. 13. Freedom fighters of Jamaican heritage that landed in Halifax in 1796
Down
  1. 1. First name of Canada’s First Lady of Blues
  2. 3. City with the first Black Canadian Chief of Police
  3. 4. First city in Canada to proclaim February as Black History Month in 1979
  4. 5. Ontario city and one of the final stops of the Underground Railroad and became home to a significant Black population in the 19th century
  5. 6. Common rice dish in West Africa, especially Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal
  6. 9. The 1965 civil rights march started in this city and ended in Montgomery, where Martin Luther King gave a speech on African American voting rights
  7. 12. Caribbean music genre that has roots in Jamaica and a vast global influence with icons such as Bob Marley