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A coloured picture of Rosie Douglas speaking through a megaphone.

A photo of Anne Cools planting signs on the campaign trail in 1980.

An article by McGill Daily of Anne Cools.

A book.

In 1928 Rufus Rockhead applied for a beer license, only to be told by the commissioner, “You know we don’t give licenses to coloured people.” Undeterred, Rockhead spent eleven months navigating bureaucracy, leveraging connections, and persistently…

web articles published by government of Canada featuring key information about Larry Gaines' life and career relevant to his plaque awarded by Parks Canada to be placed in Regent Park

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…

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,…

Widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Oscar Peterson performed with legendary figures such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong. Born to a railway porter and a domestic worker, Peterson…

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