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This is a timeline that highlights Fil Fraser's many accomplishments. He was very successful in the radio and film world, expecially in the prariers. He was the first Black person to become a radio host and had many other first throughout his life.…

This is the column title for "Our Negro Citizen," which Rev Slater wrote for, for many years, while he was in Alberta. This column was in the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Bulletin. It shows how the Black people were a large enough group in the…

These quotes are about Dr. Shadd. He was a very significant influence in Carrot Valley, Saskatchewan. He was known as a very dedicated doctor who would go to any lengths to care for his patients. He was the first Black doctor in Saskatchewan. He…

Dr Shadd was known for being a doctor and community leader in Carrot Valley, Saskatchewan. He made the Canadian Parries his life because he cared about the people who lived there and desired for them to be able to be taken care of while living in…

This blanket was made as a tribute to Dr Shadd and hangs in the Melfort & District Museum. It shows just how important Dr Shadd was the the Melfort community and the surrounding area that there was a blanket made with images of Dr. Shadd.

Dr Shadd was an important part of the Melfort community, not only as a doctor. His death announcement was a front-page announcement, not just paragraph text hidden with the rest of the obituaries, which shows how much the community of Melfort valued…

Jefferson Edwards was an important part of the early Black settlers in Alberta. He was one of the first to settle in Amber Valley and became an important community leader. He had worked hard in order to bring his wife to Canada. He cared a lot about…