The Victoria Black People’s Society formed during 1975. The group focused on providing cultural and social activities and encouraging their children to learn about their history. They had an estimated 90 households as members. Among their achievements was the production of “A Catalogue of Information and Sources of Information Pertaining to Blacks in British Columbia“.
On April 14, 1858, as the Black community were celebrating the release of fugitive slave Archy Lee at the African Methodist Episcopal […]
A descendant of the original 1858 BC Black pioneers, “Gentleman Umpire” Doug Hudlin was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Sports Hall of […]
In 1946 she challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. […]
James Douglas was born in Guyana in 1803. His father was Scottish and his mother was “free coloured.” Douglas was Chief Factor […]
