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This article highlights Aaron “Pa” Carvery’s role during Africville’s final days, portraying him as both a symbol of resistance and a keeper of community pride. The description of the relocation as a “slow death” shows how deeply painful and…

Newspaper section about an Alberta court which adjourned that the movie theatre had every right to refuse entry to a Black woman. Mrs. Lulu Anderson bought a reserved-seat ticket and was refused entry by the theatre, later taking the theatre to court…

The Photo shows four Black railway porters Shirley Jackson, Pete Stevens, Harry Gairey, and Jimmy Downes, standing beside a train. Jackson and Gairey were leaders in organizing the BSCP, which was the first Black union in Canada to win a contract…

This Photograph shows Ethelbert Bartholomew, a Trinidadian medical student who was kicked out of Queen's University in 1918 because of a racist ban against Black medical students. Unable to continue his studies he became a railway porter in Montreal.…

This 1951 Supreme Court case struck down a racist real estate covenant that banned the sale of land to anyone who was "Jewish", "Semitic", "Negro", or "coloured." This ruling was important because it effectively ended the use of racist housing…

This is a "Lesbian Money" stamp from the Sister Vision Press Fonds in the University of Ottawa's Archives and Special Collections, one of many used during political protests for the gay and lesbian liberation movement. These stamps were used on bills…

This is a portion of an audio recording of a mass held at Seaview United Baptist Church in May of 1967. Hearing people sing the folk songs together shows how powerful and emotional these gatherings were, and it allows listeners to imagine what it…