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

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.

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…

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…

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.

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 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…

A canadian born and raised in BC, inducted into the BC hall of fame as shown for contributions to the sport.

A poster advertising the Tenth Anniversary Dance hosted by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters and their Ladies’ Auxiliary. It was set to take place on October 30, 1952, at 9:00 PM, hosted in the Hungarian Hall in Toronto. This demonstrates the…

​​Now this is a section of a magazine that talks all about the films of Jennifer Hodge De Silva. It talks about her earliest time in the film field even starting in 1973 with her York Uni diploma. Then it talks about her time with the NFB and CBC and…