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This is a CHUM chart from April 1964. This record chart brochure shows the most popular songs in Canada from this time, and features Shirley Matthews with the eighteenth most popular song, "Private Property." This single was the last one of hers to…

This stamp honours Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman whose forced sale across the US-Canada border by her master drew public attention and sparked widespread outrage. Her violent resistance (screaming, kicking, and refusing to comply) was…

This is another news report, entitled “Chinese-Canadians enter the professions in the 1950s”, of archived content from the CBC and reporter Bill Cunningham, originally aired in 1957. Now sufficiently distanced from 1945, the end of the Second World…

This image is a graphical representation I created of formal WW1 and WW2 military participation from Chinese and African-descended Canadians, using data collected by J.L. Granastein and Michael O’Hagan. Here, I decided to model this data using the…

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance faced a lot of racism for being Black growing up. He found that if he became Indigenous, he would be able to live a better life and have more opportunities. He did find a lot of success as an Indigenous, and he even…

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…

The article is headlined about the playoff possibilities for Chatham, along with a description of the roster

Charles Burke grew up on Coursol Street in Montreal and, after finishing school, worked as a railway porter. His seniority on the railway allowed him to select a schedule that left his weekends free, which gave him the opportunity to start a side…

On July 24, 1957, CBC’s Here and There featured a visit to the Negro Community Centre, offering a clear view of its structure and impact within the St. Antoine district. The segment highlighted the centre’s interracial board of directors, ten Black…