Black History Month 2018 – 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 […]

Bottom half of book cover with the words BC Black History Timeline, background is 2 images side by side shaded in light blue and yellow

About This Timeline

The BC Black History Timeline covers events in British Columbia as well as some significant events in Canada, the United States and […]

Digital Museum Canada BC Pioneer Exhibit Home Page

“Black Pioneers in BC” online exhibit opens at Digital Museums Canada

Designed and developed by our Society, British Columbia Black Pioneers is a collection of short stories about women, men, families, and partnerships […]

head shot senior black man, suit and patterned tie, looking directly into the camera

Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African black nationalist who spent 27 years in prison for fighting against the country’s discriminatory apartheid […]