I Am Black History
This is a place for diverse Black Canadians to tell their stories and the stories of their ancestors, both here in Canada and the Diaspora.
We know that there are Black people from coast to coast to coast in Canada. COVID has prevented our planned trip west and north to collect more stories. We want all Black Canadians to be included here, so please contact us to tell your story. Our Voices, Our Stories.
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deepvisionsmedia
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Nneka
"Telling stories are meaning making. I don't think anyone else should be telling our stories." Nneka Allen was born in Windsor, Ontario...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 24, 2020
- 1 min
Tamara
"I feel less inclined to need to present in any one way or another; in any one group or another." Tamara Steele (Gough), was born in...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min
Anne
"I'm 8th generation Islander (PEI). What are you?" Anne Maxwell (Nee Ryan), was born July 20, 1954 in Charlottetown, Price Edward Island....
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Flo
"You can't go as far forward if you don't acknowledge the past." Florence Marion Gertrude Harrison, was born August 21, 1941 in Windsor...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Ayoka
"As much as I was being told outwardly that we didn't exist or we had no value, that wasn't the message I was hearing at home." Ayoka...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Thandiwe
"The more I learn about Black culture, the more I really appreciate that my mom moved me form Toronto back to Woodstock where we lived...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Ross
"It (being Black) was just so not talked about. Probably was a lot of hurt to bring that up and talk about it." Robert Ross Hartinger,...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Sep 24, 2020
- 1 min
Gordon
"My parents really instilled in us this concept if you want something, then you have to work for it." Anthony Gordon Shadrach, was born...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
Mary
"I learned a long time ago that the world of words would be a world of rescue for me." Mary Louise McCarthy, was born December 24, 1955...
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deepvisionsmedia
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
sipho
“When you leave the front door and you don’t know where you are going, the wind will blow you everywhere.” sipho kwaku (Russell Ashby),...
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Olivier Le Jeune, a young boy from Madagascar whose African name is unknown arrived in Québec in 1628 and was sold to a clerk becoming the first recorded enslaved African in New France.