Black History Month 2014 – BC Black History Awareness Society

Black soldiers with their Black leader, lined up in 2 rows with rifles at their side, in front of a barracks

April 12, 1861 the American Civil War begins

On April 12, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln declared war between the Union and Confederate states. An estimated four million enslaved people in […]

man and woman standing together cutting birthday cake

Leon Bibb Plays at Government House, Victoria and it’s his 92nd birthday!

BC Black History Awareness Society organized a Leon Bibb Concert at Government House, hosted by the Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC, and Lieutenant […]

Poster with images, dates, black text on white background

Black History Month 2016

June 12,1955: Eleanor Collins is the first woman in Canada and one of the first Black artists in North America to host her own national weekly television music variety show

The very first Eleanor show aired on June 12, 1955. Eleanor Collins received numerous awards for her contribution to arts and entertainment, […]