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A red coat, smoking, demonstrating an image of the "true, strong, righteous" man

Aaron “Pa” Carvery’s marriage license registered in 1927, offers an intimate look into his life after his hockey years, showing him listed as a labourer, a detail that reflects both his personal resilience and the realities faced by many Africville…

view of Louisbourg 18th century

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 mountain vista reflects Duncanson’s interest in vast, unbroken natural spaces. It highlights how Black artists contributed to constructing the visual aesthetics of the Canadian wilderness.

Actors from Black Theatre Workshop’s production of The Adventuress of a Black Girl in Search of God.

A photograph taken by an unknown person in 1947. A Black sleeping car porter reads a book to a passenger, a young white boy. Sleeping car porters had to perpetuate stereotypes of Black men, that they were friendly and helpful and servile. However, by…