Black History Month - Canada

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  1. 3. the king of inside swing.
  2. 4. the first Black Canadian woman elected to parliament.(2 word)
  3. 6. 27th Governor General of Canada.
  4. 7. established the first Black-owned and operated radio station.( 2 word)
  5. 12. author of shame on me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging.
  6. 13. this was the first city in Canada to designate February as Black History Month
  7. 17. Challenged racial segregation at a cinema in Nova Scotia.
  8. 19. Some people fled to the northern states because it seemed ______ than Canada.
  9. 20. this month was chosen because Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were both born in this month.
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  1. 1. wrote "hymn to freedom" along with Oscar Peterson.
  2. 2. Black History Month is a time to __________ and remember the way that Black Canadians have contributed to Canadaas a country and a culture.
  3. 5. longest running Black theatre company in Canada.
  4. 8. this was where Black loyalists settled after the war.
  5. 9. longest serving member of the senate of Canada.
  6. 10. Loyalists were promised this, but the Black loyalists didn't receive theirs for a long time and when they did, it was much smaller than what was promised.
  7. 11. this were the people who fought on the side of the British during the American revolution.
  8. 14. Black people experienced this from white people who were living in the area.
  9. 15. first Black female lawyer in Canada. (2 word)
  10. 16. this was used to help over 100,000 slaves scape to Canada to be free.
  11. 18. Black History Month first became popularized in this country in 1926.