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This photo shows students standing outside the last segregated Black school in Ontario. This marked the end of a long and painful chapter in Canadian history spanning more than a century. Representing the long struggle Black Canadians faced on their…

Another photo of the last segregated school in Ontario. The children were educated in poor conditions with outdated supplies and contaminated wells. Students were forced to stay due to the racist school system.

The photo shows Lyle Talbot, Louis Hall, and Phillip Shad, three Black men from Dresden who were refused service at local restaraunts in the 1950s. They were part of the Dresden sit ins and led to the first real enforcement of anti-discrimination…

This Photo shows the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Edmonton in 1921. It was both a place of worship and a social and political centre for Black families to congregate. Through the church, they built networks, youth programs, choirs,…

This is the front page of the Dawn of Tomorrow, a Black Canadian newspaper from London, Ontario. This front page focuses on the big community meetings that happened at the time in London, Chatham, and Buxton, ultimately stressing the importance of…

This 1911 letter shows how Canada used technicalities to bar Black immigrants. Officials dismissed his British status and claimed he couldn’t handle the climate, using any excuse they could find to block Black migration .