Fielding and Julia Spotts were part of the first Black community that settled in Saanich, just north of Victoria. They had eight children. Fielding was a trustee at the schools their eight children attended; Lake District School circa 1870 and then at the South Saanich School circa 1879 to 1884. Their story
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Lincoln Alexander had more than a dozen business, provincial and national awards, honours, recognition and titles. This day commemorating him is now […]
Four candidates contended for two vacant Legislative Assembly seats in Victoria in an 1861 by-election. Joseph Trutch came in second in voting […]
In 1858, an estimated 800 men, women and children of African descent came to British Columbia. Questions include why they came, what […]
BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum opened, opened Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum […]
