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This portrait represents Marie-Joseph Angélique, an enslaved woman living in New France, who would later become a symbol of resistance. In 1734, following disputes with her mistress, Angélique was accused and ultimately condemned of setting a fire…

Rev. England was the pastor of St. Cyprian's Mission, a church created by the Diocese of St. Albans Anglican Church in 1925.

The suggestion is that the church was created out of demands from white members not wanting Black members in their church…

Rev Slater was known for being a socialist. He believed that democracy was the reason that Black people were suffering and that socialism was the only solution. His approach to the racism that Black people faced is different from that of many other…

Reverend Richard Amos Ball died in 1925 but his legacy lived on far longer. Barber, minister and musician, he started his family band “Ball Family Jubilee Singers” and taught them how to play instruments as well as many others in his church…

This is a 1975 propaganda poster from the People’s Republic of China and made by the artist Guo Hongwu, it is meant to emphasize the mutualistic and supportive relationship of China for African countries, here specifically Congo, with it presenting…

Rhoda (Young) Anstey, originally from Jamaica, started working at St. Michael’s Hospital in 1961. She became Head Nurse 7 years later, retiring in 1994. She is an example of an immigrant nurse from the West Indies, travelling to Canada for work.…

Richard Agecoutay, an Indigenous man, is standing next to an NHL hockey rink holding a videographer's camera.

This is another sketch - this time a portrait - of Reverend Richard Preston, drawn by the same person who made the sketch of him riding on horseback. Despite his monumental role in the Black Baptist church in Nova Scotia, there are not very many…

"Riding The Rails: Black Railroad Workers in Canada and the United States" was published by the Labour journal in 2002. The article discusses the formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). Founded in the United States by A. Philip…

This was the front Page of the Canadian magazine Rites (vol. 2, no. 6) published in Toronto in 1985. This cover features Sweet Honey in the Rock, a singing group that often collaborated with the Sister Vision Press, such as in the Benefit Concert in…