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Still image of Walter Borden performing in The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time, a play he stars in and wrote.

A coloured historical map highlighting the U.S. Midwest states with labelled counties, major towns, and travel routes. Insets show Missouri and Wisconsin Territory.

A photograph taken by an unknown person in 1947. A Black sleeping car porter reads a book to a passenger, a young white boy. Sleeping car porters had to perpetuate stereotypes of Black men, that they were friendly and helpful and servile. However, by…

A photograph taken by an unknown person in 1951. A Black sleeping car porter makes the bed in a train car. Maintaining neatness and cleanliness was an important part of porters’ roles. There were specific rules they had to follow: certain ways to…

Herb is interviewed about his rise to the league, barriers stopping him, overlaid with footage and images of Herb playing

This is a permit application for an extension to the Africville school shows that the community was growing and investing in future generations. The fact that there were residents pushing for a larger school demonstrates that Africville’s population…

3 columns depicting the finishes of each event performed

A selection of a book about the life of Rosie Douglas, looking specifically at his involvement in the Sir George Williams Affair. Rosie rose to the position of one of the head protestors through his knowledge and ability to control both the…

This is a political cartoon entitled “A picture for employers. Why they can live on 40 cents a day, and they can't” designed by J. Keppler and published in Puck Magazine in 1878. While it was produced well before the period scope of this topic…

A statue of a man running overlooking the bay of Vancouver, atop a pedestal with a plaque