emmylou harris was the first black woman to win a grammy.
emmylou harris was the first black woman to win a grammy.
who was the first black woman to win a grammy?
emmylou harris
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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