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This article from the May 1989 issue of Rites, a queer Toronto publication, recounts a feud between COMBAT (Community Organizations Mutually. Battling AIDS Together) and Christie Blatchford, a columnist for The Toronto Sun. The organization protested…

Short 1860 newspaper report describing the preliminary hearing of John Anderson (also known as Jack Burton), who was accused of killing S.T.P. Diggs in Missouri and arrested in Simcoe. The article summarizes the extradition proceedings, witness…

This early review documents one of Bannister’s first major public successes. It helps track how his reputation grew despite the racist skepticism circulating in white-led art circles early on.

The Rex is the longest standing jazz club in Toronto, white owned and operated by the Ross family who opened the door in 1951 as a hotel and jazz club. Although it was never blatantly segregated, Toronto citizens felt that “By and large these spaces…

The meeting was held in response to the July 1962 report of the development department of the City of Halifax recommending the elimination of Africville. During the meeting, Africville residents stated their opposition to the City's plans for…

This issue of GRASP, talks about Black Cultural Day and Black empowerment through community activism. It has a special section about the role Black Women played in the struggle for equality.

Black Theatre Workshop interviews one of their founders, Clarence Bayne, on the creation of the theatre company.

The thumbnail from Black Theatre Workshop's video in which the interview Tyrone Benskin about the impact and goals of Black Theater Workshop.

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

The cast of Black Theatre Workshop's production of The Gingerbread Lady takes a bow.