<table style="width: 100%; height: 564px;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 257px;"> <td style="width: 100%; height: 257px;"> February is Black History Month! <img class="img-auto" style="min-width: 100px; max-width: 585px;" src="https://www.quiz-maker.com/3012/CDN/85-4110633/screenshot-2023-01-24-134354.png" alt="Black History Month Banner" width="319" height="282" /> Test your knowledge about our shared Black history in Chatham-Kent. This quiz is a partnership between the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, The Buxton National Historical Site & Museum, The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society & Black Mecca Museum, The Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History, and Buxton’s Next Generation. Thank you for this partnership! Submit your name and contact information at the end to be entered to win tickets to one of the February 28th screenings of the movie The Color Purple at Chatham Capitol Theatre. (Note: scroll down to start the quiz). </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Question #1: </div>

True or False: Chatham-Kent was once known as the Black-Mecca of Canada.

True

False

True or False: All Black people who came to Canada during the late 18th Century were enslaved.

True

False

Josiah Henson was a prominent author, abolitionist, minister, and co-founder of the Dawn Settlement in what's now known as Dresden, Ontario. What is the name of the school that he co-founded?

The Voice of the Fugitive

British American Institute

The Provincial Freeman

Emancipation Proclamation

True or False: Buxton Mission School was sought after by white community members.

True

False

True of False: The first Canadian to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame was a Black man from Chatham, Ontario

True

False

Select the correct answer: The Underground Railroad was:

A Tunnel

A Hidden Alley

A Secret

A Plane

What was the name of the largest Black military unit to serve in Canadian history?

2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada

Royal 22e Régiment

No. 2 Construction Battalion

The Royal Canadian Regiment

The group from what’s now Chatham-Kent that was instrumental in ending segregation in Ontario was called:

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

Fair Accommodation Practices Act

National Unity Association

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