This poster by artist Robert Small is the prize for winners of quizzes this month on Black history.This poster by artist Robert Small is the prize for winners of quizzes this month on Black history.

Significant dates at question in Black history quiz

The Black History – Black Futures planning committee has prepared quizzes to run through the month of February, offering as a prize a poster created by alumnus Robert Small (BA 1993) — an Officer of the Order of Canada — from his Legacy Collexion.

To enter today’s contest — the second in the series — just send your answers to the following trivia questions. A winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14.

  1. In what year did the Caribbean nation of Haiti achieve independence from France?
    a) 1804
    b) 1867
    c) 1946
    d) 1968
     
  2. A branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in Windsor to promote rights and opportunities for African Canadians in what year?
    a) 1865
    b) 1919
    c) 1945
    d) 1968
     
  3. Ontario’s last segregated school, S.S. #11 near Harrow, closed in what year?
    a) 1925
    b) 1945
    c) 1965
    d) 1985

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to AROC@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please.