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Volume III, Number 44 of the Dawn of Tomorrow, a newspaper written for and by Black Canadians, published between 1923-1971. This particular issue is from September 1944. The Dawn of Tomorrow was a prominent source of information for Black folks, with…

Link to the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX2mAUxaafY In a 2003 talk show interview for drag queen Crystal Lite’s television show “The Crystal Lite Show”, produced by PrideVision.TV, Michelle Ross and Chris Edwards, two legendary drag…

This newspaper focused on the community events and achievements with African Nova Scotian communities. The first page shows the Phyllis Wheatley Business Girls Club, a group that supported Black women’s leadership and professional development.

This issue of the Clarion focuses on community news from Nova Scotia. The front page shows hyllis Wheatley Business Girls Club of Halifax, a group that supported and celebrated young Black women in their careers and community life. This newspaper…

Ajax Records was founded in 1921 as a subsidiary of the Compo Company, Canada’s first independent record-making factory, established in Lachine by Herbert S. Berliner. Recordings were produced in both Montreal and New York, closely coordinated,…

This film is a 1959 documentary made by The Central News and Documentary Film Studio of the People’s Republic of China, which is addressed as a birthday message from China to W. E. B. Du Bois and contains celebratory moments from his trip to the…

Newspaper Page Describing the Delegation led by Donald Moore.. Vol. 2 No.1

The Canadian government recognized Jackie Washington’s talent and contributions to Canadian music culture and inducted him into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame in 2002. Washington was adamant to preserve his family's heritage and cultural…

A portrait of John Anderson in Victorian formal dress

Webster-Ashburton Treaty Ratification, 9 August 1842