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Article in Marcus Garvey's, The Black Man mag detailing His speech "The work that has been done" he told at Menelik Hall, Sydney, Nova Scotia. Speaking to Sydney U.N.I.A members.

A newspaper clipping about Charles Daniels, an African-Canadian man. It details the case and outcome when he was refused admittance to a local theatre.

A book on Black power movements in the Caribbean in the 20th century.

In her journal article, Blacks on Canadian Railways, Agnes Calliste breaks down the times of Black men working as sleeping car porters into three periods. The first is from 1917-1939. Black men were excluded from railway unions, so the Order of…

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.

- Both Black & white workers are present in this photo, which some could say means that they got along enough to take a photo all together or knowing that the higher-ups at DISCO were using their black workers to try and recruit more Black…

The Book of Negroes is one of the most important records of Black migration to British North America. Created at the end of the American Revolution, it documents the names, ages, and physical descriptions of around 3000 Black Loyalists. Much like the…