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In his memoir, 'My Name’s Not George,' former porter and activist Stanley G. Grizzle gives his account of his time as a sleeping car porter and of the history of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). For years, Black employees couldn’t…

Picture of Myron Sutton and his Bands “The Canadian Ambassadors” posing for their picture wearing high end suits and looking extremely professional. Clothing was always a conscious choice in how others would view these musicians and them wearing the…

Newspaper article detailing John H. Means is returning from Tennessee & Alabama to Nova Scotia with about 60 Black people, the steel workers plus their families. It states that Means encountered some opposition to the deportation of the families to…

A bronze outdoor historical plaque, in Fayetteville, Ark, honouring and summarizing the escape of enslaved man Nelson Hackett from Arkansas to Canada, his recapture, extradition, and the international political consequences of the case.

Nettie Ware and her friend around 1925. I think that this image shows how Nettie is seen as a very successful woman, and that her homesteading beginnings are often left out of her many accomplishments. Her homesteading beginnings is what shaped her…

A picture of Nettie Ware when she received her honourary doctorate from the University of Lethbridge in 1982. Nettie dedicated her whole life to contributing to the community, and as a result, she received a doctorate that she deserved. She received…

This is an image of the New Horizons Baptist Church in its current state. This church was founded and constructed in 1832, making it almost 200 years old. This shows the resilience of the founders and the subsequent leaders of this church, because…

Recollection of Mattie Mayes' decedents