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An editorial from The Globe responding to the John Anderson extradition crisis. The article questions whether Canada should legally surrender Anderson, an enslaved man from Missouri, to U.S. authorities. It critiques the application of the Ashburton…

The Code Noir was one of the most crucial legal documents in shaping the system of slavery throughout the French colonial Empire, including New France, which would later become Canada. Written and issued under the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King…

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…

- 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…

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

This quote by Cheryl Foggo shows how important Cheryl's Black heritage is to her. Many writers are influenced by their own lives, and for Cheryl, it was her Black heritage and that she is a woman that has the most influence in her life. She has…

This poem by Long Lance may seem like it is about an Indigenous person who misses being able to live his life before the influence of Europeans. If you look at the life of the author, you can see the hidden meaning. This poem uses aspects of…

The Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, is a book that explores the history of Black cinema and direction. It goes over the start of the Black film movement and how it was coined as “cinema of duty” due to the…