The Black History – Black Futures planning committee has prepared quizzes to run through the month of February, offering as prizes a poster created by UWindsor alumnus Robert Small from his Legacy Collexion, along with swag from the University of Windsor Alumni Association.

To enter today’s contest, the third and last in the series, answer the questions below. A winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by noon Tuesday, Feb. 27.

1. Born in Colchester to formerly enslaved parents in 1843 or 1844, this African-Canadian mechanical engineer and inventor went on to hold 57 patents in his lifetime.
   a) William Lloyd Garrison
   b) Lewis Howard Latimer
   c) Elijah McCoy
   d) Granville Woods
2. This man, the second African American to earn an engineering degree from the University of Michigan, designed such projects as the trusses for the Ambassador Bridge and the steel tubes in which the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel sits.
   a) George Washington Carver
   b) Cornelius Langston Henderson
   c) Elijah McCoy
   d) Granville Woods
3. In 2023, a mural was unveiled in downtown Windsor honouring this man — a graduate of Assumption College, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, and a professional baseball, football, and basketball player.
   a) Henry Bibb
   b) Delos Rogest Davis
   c) Fred Thomas
   d) Earl Walls

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to aroc@uwindsor.ca.