Black History Month Crossword

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  1. 3. Through action or inaction, denying members of a particular social group access to goods, resources, and services.
  2. 9. Willie _______ is the first Black person to play in the NHL.
  3. 12. North America’s largest Caribbean carnival.
  4. 13. A way of thinking or operating based explicitly or implicitly on a stereotype or fixed image of a group of people.
  5. 15. Author of "Origin of Waves".
  6. 17. This Regional Park in Delta, BC is named after a salmon-canning owner.
  7. 18. Black Loyalist Heritage Site is located in this city in Nova Scotia.
  8. 21. Refers to an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group; a generalization that allows for little or no individual differences or social variation.
  9. 22. A statue of Harry Jerome, Canadian track sprinter, is found in which park.
  10. 24. Author of "The Blue Clerk".
  11. 25. This navigator and interpreter arrived in Canada with Pierre Du Gua De Monts and Samuel de Champlain in 1604.
  12. 27. Refers to a group’s shared set of beliefs, norms, and values. Human beings are not born with ________– they learn and transmit it through language and observation.
  13. 28. The practice of identifying, challenging, preventing, eliminating, and changing the values, structures, policies, programs, practices, and behaviours that perpetuate racism.
  14. 30. This Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia invited about 800 black immigrants to settle in BC during the Fraser Gold Rush.
  15. 32. In 1834, The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in this month.
  16. 33. On August 1, 1874, _________ became the first Black teacher on Vancouver Island.
  17. 34. "The Skin We’re In" author.
  18. 37. People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  19. 38. “One Dance” and “God’s Plan” singer.
  20. 39. This person owned a business with Peter Lester that is said to have been a rival of the Hudson’s Bay Company and became the first Black person elected to public office in Canada in 1866.
  21. 40. The phrase "The real McCoy" is attributed to him.
  22. 41. He is believed by many to be the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin".
  23. 42. The cities and towns where safe houses were located.
Down
  1. 1. First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre sprint.
  2. 2. First Black Governor General.
  3. 4. This person is the first black female athlete to represent Canada in international competition and the other name for the Cambie Street Plaza.
  4. 5. Which Planning Commission expropriated Africville between 1964-1970 and residents relocated and the community razed.
  5. 6. Jeffrey Colvin’s debut novel was set in which primarily Black Canadian community.
  6. 7. She wrote three poems about life in British Columbia mid-1800s, including one about the Barkerville Fire.
  7. 8. Arrested for sitting in a “Whites Only” section in a New Glasgow, NS – she fought the charges.
  8. 10. Also known as structural or institutional racism.
  9. 11. She played Dr. Camille Saroyan.
  10. 14. The most famous female conductor on the Underground Railroad.
  11. 16. Province where the John Freeman Walls Historic Site is located.
  12. 19. Location of Buxton National Historical Site and Museum.
  13. 20. The first Black Canadian concert singer to win international acclaim.
  14. 23. Actor best known for his portrayal of Michel Gerard in the television series Gilmore Girls.
  15. 26. 2019’s Giller Prize winning title.
  16. 29. Author of "The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal".
  17. 31. The first dentist in BC (1886) to be granted a license under the BC Dental Act.
  18. 35. A place in Vancouver that was a central spot for the Black Community and was destroyed with the creation of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaduct.
  19. 36. A temporary safe house for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  20. 40. GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement.