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A coloured picture of Rosie Douglas speaking through a megaphone.

Roger McTair has been a veteran of the Black Canadian film industry for years. He has worked with countless other directors including Claire Prieto and Jennifer Hodge de Silva. McTairs is known to hold great respect for his work and show passion in…

In 1928, Rufus Rockhead purchased the Mountain Hotel at the corner of Mountain and Saint-Antoine, laying the foundation for what would become one of Montreal’s most important cultural venues. Before securing this property, he had tried to buy a…

Rockhead's Paradise holds a significant place in history, with its owner, Rufus Rockhead, being Montreal’s first Black nightclub owner, and likely the first in Canada. Rockhead’s club was one of the few venues of its time that welcomed everyone,…

Rufus Rockhead’s Jazz Club was an extremely monumental location that defined St. Antoine's Street and Little Burgundy district as the “Harlem of the North”. Although there were restrictions on what property Black citizens could own at the time of its…

The United States enacted the Volstead Act in 1919, successfully banning the production, distribution, and selling of alcohol. Although Canada never enacted the Prohibition, The Canada Temperance Act of 1878 gave local governments the option to ban…

This landscape shows Duncanson’s interest in dramatic motions and wilderness imagery. The painting connects Black artistic production to themes of power, turbulence through the Canadian landscape.

This was the front Page of the Canadian magazine Rites (vol. 2, no. 6) published in Toronto in 1985. This cover features Sweet Honey in the Rock, a singing group that often collaborated with the Sister Vision Press, such as in the Benefit Concert in…

"Riding The Rails: Black Railroad Workers in Canada and the United States" was published by the Labour journal in 2002. The article discusses the formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). Founded in the United States by A. Philip…

This is another sketch - this time a portrait - of Reverend Richard Preston, drawn by the same person who made the sketch of him riding on horseback. Despite his monumental role in the Black Baptist church in Nova Scotia, there are not very many…