Descendants of Saskatchewan’s first Black community proud of history
The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove near a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan’s first Black settlement. There are still descendants of the Shiloh people, who moved 29 kilometres north of Maidstone, Sask., from Oklahoma in the early 1900s as part […]
Montreal groups denounce removal of Black History Month, Pride, and other cultural events from Google Calendar
We’re halfway through Black History Month but you wouldn’t know it if you looked in the Google Calendar. It’s no longer mentioned there, even though Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day are. Some Montreal community groups are speaking out against Google’s decision to drop certain events from its Calendar service and say it’s part of a […]
Black History Month collectors coin commemorates Vancouver’s lost Hogan’s Alley neighbourhood
The tenure of Hogan’s Alley as a Vancouver community might be brief, but the historical mark that it left behind and the contribution the neighbourhood brought to the city’s melting pot nature still lingers decades on. As Black History Month gets underway, the small, southwestern corner of Strathcona is being recognized for the space it […]
These Londoners designed a crossword puzzle featuring influential Black community figures
For months, LaToya Olayemi and Bryce Gregory spent hours researching influential Black figures from around the world and their contributions to society and culture throughout the decades. The London, Ont., publishers say they had to make some tough decisions on who they should feature in their very first Black Icons Crossword Puzzles book, which hit the shelves in October and […]