Black History Month

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  1. 4. The ____ Lives Matter movement had five chapters in Canada between 2014 and 2020.
  2. 6. On Aug. 1, 1834, the British Empire enacted the Slavery Abolition Act, which freed slaves in all British colonies including Canada and now some celebrate on the same day as _____ Day.
  3. 7. The name of Canada’s first 2SLGBTQIA+ organization that was formed in 1984 in Toronto as a way to fight discrimination that Black queer people faced in the community.
  4. 8. The Provincial _____ was owned by Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman to own a publication in North America, with its first edition on March 24, 1853.
  5. 9. In 1866, Mifflin Gibbs was the first Black politician in Canada, holding office in _____ Town Council.
  6. 10. This Black Canadian woman was arrested for sitting in a “Whites Only” section of a theatre on Nov. 8 1946 and is now honoured for paving the way for civil rights as the face of the ten dollar bill.
  7. 13. Hailing from New Brunswick, Willie O’Ree was the first Black player in the NHL in 1958 playing for the Boston _____.
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  1. 1. The new name of the first recorded enslaved African, who was six years old at the time, in Canada — called New France in 1628.
  2. 2. The last segregated school in Canada closed in 1983 in ______, Nova Scotia.
  3. 3. In 1919, the first union for Black railway workers was recognized in North America called Order of the ____ Car Porters.
  4. 5. This American leading abolitionist would bring enslaved persons from the Southern United States to the northern states and Canada through the Underground Railroad where they could be free.
  5. 11. Black History Month in Canada was introduced by Jean Augustine in ____ 1995, the first year celebrated in February 1996.
  6. 12. In 1985, Canadian-singer Liberty Silvers became the first Black woman to receive a ___ Award, winning on two separate categories that year.