BLK: An Origin Story (2022)
Look beyond the Underground Railroad to explore the untold stories of Black Canadians from the 1600s to the present.
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1. Three Epic Migrations, One People2022-02-26 · 45mDescendants of The Black Loyalists, Jamaican Maroons and The Black Refugees represent Canada's largest Black population today. Their incredible story begins in Nova Scotia in the 1
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2. John "Daddy" Hall2022-03-19 · 45mBorn free of an Ojibwe father and an escaped-slave mother in Upper Canada, John Daddy Hall fought in the war of 1812, was captured and sold into slavery. 13 years later he makes a
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3. Hogan's Alley2022-03-12 · 45mBefore Urban Renewal, before displacement, and before dispersal, there was life. For many years Hogan's Alley was the heart of Vancouver's Black community. But that community began
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4. Little Burgundy2022-03-05 · 44mTucked between Griffintown and St. Henri in Montreal's Sud Ouest is Little Burgundy, home to a Black population led by Black men who worked in Canada's railway industry as sleeping
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