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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 and we have been here a long time. 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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Lynn
“I don’t know necessarily that things become important to me. It’s kind of like I fall into something and there’s a problem with the...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read
Adrienne
“I think the idea of Canada being this beautifully racially harmonious utopia is by far the greatest myth of this country.” Adrienne...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read
Valerie
“We can fill our lives with joy and happiness and good friends but some things are - they’re really in there. Paper cuts maybe heal but...
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Sep 13, 20241 min read
Carol
“I think when I was a kid going to church and singing that song, “Jesus Loves Me” I really took that to heart that he did, so if somebody...
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Sep 13, 20241 min read
Christian
“You know me coming from Africa, knowing my culture, knowing my history - being born there - has allowed me to already know the history...
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Sep 12, 20241 min read
Kimble
“All I say is, if I’m doing Black history and Black children are not paying attention, I make them understand that this is for them and...
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Sep 12, 20241 min read
Kemba
“I think protests are great in terms of symbolism but at the end of the protest if there isn’t an objective - then what does that mean?...
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Sep 12, 20241 min read
Karon
"Specifically, here in Manitoba, I feel that there’s a shift happening. In terns of even what’s happening politically and socially as...
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Sep 12, 20241 min read
Tina
"I don't know how else to describe it. I knew I was different but no one acknowledged it. I was made to feel different because of the way...
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Sep 2, 20241 min read
Cheryl
"My Great, Great Grandfather Emmanuel, he was born during slavery. He was born in 1858 and then in December of 1865 there was the...
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Sep 2, 20241 min read
Myrna
"I just feel that given the circumstances under which we came here, like my grandparents came here, their descendants have done well. And...
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Sep 2, 20242 min read
Ona May
God has blessed me well with my many years. I’ve had my ups and downs [and] sideways but there’s always somebody that brings you...
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May 18, 20231 min read
Sandra
"I find that everything that I went through - all the negative, all the positive - has made me stronger" Sandra Jean Paris was born...
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Apr 27, 20221 min read
Scott
“My parents believed in human rights for everyone right across the board and I grew up with that attitude.” https://scottparsons.net...
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Sep 8, 20211 min read
Beverley
"We were raised to respect everybody no matter what colour they were." Beverley Anne Mary Paris Sauve was born January 30, 1958 in Truro,...
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Sep 6, 20211 min read
Adele
“Can’t say it’s all been bad or it’s all been good.” Adele Thompson MacDonald was born Oct 13, 1953 in Barrie Ontario. Her father, Ralph...
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
David
"I became a man because of my Mom" David Murray Watkins was born February 5, 1964 in Windsor, ON. David is the third of four children....
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Apr 16, 20211 min read
Lorna
"I really don't like the idea necessarily of claiming a land mass. But I know who claims me. I know who would welcome me home." Lorna...
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Mar 30, 20211 min read
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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Nov 13, 20201 min read
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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Oct 23, 20201 min read
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.
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