Emery Barnes served on the BC provincial legislature for many years and was the first speaker in BC to be elected by a secret ballot. Through the advocacy of his family, Vancouver Parks Board named a multi-use, accessible park at the intersection of Richards Street and Davie Street in his honour.
BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with Canada Post, hosted this commemorative stamp launch for Ferguson Jenkins and Carrie Best. Ferguson […]
Designed and developed by our Society, British Columbia Black Pioneers is a collection of short stories about women, men, families, and partnerships […]
John Adams is an historian, author, founder and owner-operator of Discover the Past, a company in Victoria, BC that specializes in research, […]
Charles Mitchell, enslaved since boyhood, was a stowaway aboard the SS Eliza Anderson sailing from Olympia Washington to Victoria. When the steamer […]
