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This photo captures a festive moment as Santa Claus visits the Negro Community Centre, spreading holiday cheer to children and families in the neighbourhood. Holiday gatherings reinforce intergenerational ties, bringing together families, neighbours,…

This photo shows three young girls, Eleitha Haynes, Elizabeth Phillips, and Camille Haynes, participating in Brotherhood Week at the Negro Community Centre. Brotherhood Week was an annual program designed to introduce children to different countries,…

Daisy Peterson Sweeney played a central role in nurturing Montreal’s jazz community, particularly within the St. Antoine district. Raised in a family where her father, a railway porter, insisted his children pursue opportunities beyond portering, she…

In 1905, Black women in Montreal founded the Coloured Women’s Club in response to widespread racial discrimination, including the denial of adequate health care during the smallpox epidemic. As Canada’s oldest Black womens institution, their work…

One of the things that Gwen Hooks is known for is being a teacher for special needs kids. These kids, similarly to Black Canadians, were often segregated and treated differently. Gwen recognized the need and was well-known as a teacher. She brings…

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…

This quote tells us about Mildred Jane Lewis Ware. She is often forgotten about because of how famous her husband, the cowboy, John Ware, is. This quote says how accomplished she was. She was accomplished because of the important work she did on 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.