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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…

Outlines the case of s"ix [redacted]" who were arrested for vagrancy in the town of Estevan

A porter’s hat badge, made by the Pullman Company during the early twentieth century. The Pullman Company was the origin for the hiring of Black men as sleeping car porters; they began this tradition, and the CPR and CNR simply borrowed their…

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

Newspaper section about an Alberta court which adjourned that the movie theatre had every right to refuse entry to a Black woman. Mrs. Lulu Anderson bought a reserved-seat ticket and was refused entry by the theatre, later taking the theatre to court…

This sketch shows the city of Halifax and its surrounding region as seen from the top of a ship docked at its harbour, only a year after its foundation in 1749. At this time, before the arrival of the British Loyalists following the American…

This video is a segment hosted by Cameron Bailey called “Images Matter”. “Images Matter” revolves around Black Canadian Filmmakers and can be explored following the attached link. This segment is an interview between Camron Bailey and Rodger McTair.…