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The Canadian Ambassadors
In 1933, the Canadian Ambassadors, led by saxophonist Myron Sutton, relocated to Montréal and became the city’s first organized Black Canadian jazz band. The six-piece ensemble performed regularly in “white only” clubs and cabarets, including…
The Building Where the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Started
A Building on a Street
The Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone
a detailing of black loyalists in Nova Scotia, and their later settling in Sierra Leone
The Africville Museum Preserves The History Of The former Black Settlement
This photo of the Africville Museum in Halifax. It is on the original site of the Seaview United Baptist Church and was built to be a replica of the church that once stood at the centre of the community.It is important for understanding the…
Sylvia Waddell Graduate Photo
Graduate photo of Sylvia Waddell
