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

Black history quiz offers poster as prize

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 fourth and last 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. 28.

  1. Detroit’s code name on the Underground Railroad was “Midnight.” What was Windsor’s?
    a) Canaan
    b) Emancipation
    c) Freedom
    d) North Star
     
  2. Which university was the first in Canada to divest from South Africa in the apartheid era?
    a) University of Toronto
    b) Western University
    c) University of Windsor
    d) York University
     
  3. Prior to the Windsor’s program of urban renewal, the McDougall Street Corridor, the city’s historically Black neighbourhood, was home to which of these establishments?
    a) a Black-owned credit union
    b) offices of Black doctors and dentists
    c) a Black-owned hotel
    d) all of the above

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.