claudette colvin was the first black woman who refused to give up her seat.
claudette colvin was the first black woman who refused to give up her seat.
who was the first black woman who refused to give up her seat?
claudette colvin
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first black candidate to run for the ontario legislature: stanley g. grizzle, york east, ran for the ontario ccf (the forerunner to the ontario new democratic party) in the 1959 provincial general election.









































first black canadian elected to a provincial legislature in canada: james w. douglas, victoria city, british columbia mla, 1875–1878









































first black woman elected to municipal council: virnetta anderson, city councillor in calgary from 1974-1977









































first black woman elected in canada: rosemary brown vancouver-burrard, burnaby-edmonds, bc new democratic party mla 1972–1986









































first black woman elected to the house of commons (first black female mp)
list of electoral firsts in canada