Social justice advocate El Jones, educator and artist Wendie Wilson, journalist Fennella Bruce, and Ardella Jacobs, founder of the Hour-a-Day Study Club, are highlighted on this poster by Robert Small, the grand prize in today’s Black history trivia quiz.
Feb 10th, 2025
The Black History – Black Futures planning committee is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win a poster created by UWindsor alumnus Robert Small from his Legacy Collexion. A runner-up will receive a goodie bag with some Black History Month stickers, a pencil, pin and bracelet, pictured at right.
To enter today’s contest, submit your answers to the questions below. A winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by noon Tuesday, Feb. 11.
- The Black Loyalists who established themselves in Atlantic Canada migrated to which country after threats of enslavement following the American Revolutionary War?
a. Ghana
b. Nigeria
c. Sierra Leone
d. Haiti - What is the name and Ontario location of the oldest active Black church in Canada?
a. Sandwich First Baptist Church, Windsor
b. Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church, Oro
c. Amherstburg First Baptist Church, Amherstburg
d. Niagara First Baptist Church, Niagara Falls - The Colored Industrial Society and the Refugee Home Society aided fleeing families to set up which of the following Black settlements in the 1830s?
a. Puce River Black Community
b. The Banwell Road Area Black Settlement
c. The St. Jocham Black Settlement
d. The Chatham Black Community Settlement - Who was the first Black deaf person to earn a PhD in Canada?
a. Janelle Rouse
b. Glenn Anderson
c. Nathie Marbury
d. Reginald Redding - Black History Month was officially recognized by the Canadian government in 1995 when it adopted a motion by which Member of Parliament?
a. Lincoln Alexander
b. Jean Augustine
c. Leonard Braithwaite
d. Howard McCurdy
Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to abr@uwindsor.ca.