Black History Month Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  2. 5. James Douglas was the Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia who invited about 800 black immigrants to settle in BC during the ________ Gold Rush.
  3. 6. Afua ______ is the author of The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal.
  4. 9. First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre sprint was _________ Bailey
  5. 10. ______ Gibbs wrote three poems about life in British Columbia mid-1800s, including one about the Barkerville Fire.
  6. 11. The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in ________ of 1834.
  7. 13. A statue of ______ Jerome, Canadian track sprinter, is found in Stanley Park.
  8. 15. ________ racism is also known as structural or Systemic racism.
  9. 16. In the first part of the 20th century a large number or Black American’s moved to Canada’s major cities and worked as train ______.
  10. 18. GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement.
  11. 20. On August 1, 1874, Emma _______ became the first Black teacher on Vancouver Island.
  12. 21. ________ Brand is the author of The Blue Clerk.
Down
  1. 2. Through action or inaction, denying members of a particular social group access to goods, resources, and services.
  2. 3. North America’s largest Caribbean carnival.
  3. 4. According to __________ Canada, there were about 1.5 million Black people living in Canada in 2021.
  4. 7. Barbara ________ was the first black female athlete to represent Canada in international competition and the other name for the Cambie Street Plaza.
  5. 8. Horgan’s Alley was a central spot for the Black Community in Vancouver and was destroyed with the creation of the _____ and Dunsmuir viaduct.
  6. 12. Mifflin ________ was the Salt Spring Island delegate to the Yale Convention.
  7. 14. _________ Da Costa was the first recorded free black person to arrive in the territory of today’s Canada.
  8. 17. He is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals at a single Olympic Games.
  9. 19. _______ Rockhead founded the jazz club, Rockhead’s Paradise in Montreal in 1928.