Browse Items (687 total)

Clipping from a newspaper, left and right columns of text under bolded title

One of Duncanson’s most celebrated works, this painting uses the rainbow as a symbol of peace, hope, and spiritual renewal. Its inclusion speaks to how Black artists encoded deeper meanings into seemingly conventional vistas. Created just before the…

This petition, written by the Black Loyalists of Manchester, Nova Scotia, exposes the massive gap between the lifestyles of different settlers in the colonies. Although the British crown promised equal treatment for all its subjects living in Canada,…

This very ambitious narrative landscape draws on classical literature, showing Duncanson's creative confidence within European artistic traditions. Its inclusion highlights how Black artists participated in and expanded the intellectual and cultural…

Blah, blah, blah

Photograph taken in 1956 of the Labour Day Parade in Toronto. It was highly important for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to make an appearance at community advocacy events like the Labour Day Parade. It showed not only their dedication to…