Affectionately called “Vie’s” the restaurant was an iconic part of the black community in Hogan’s Alley, and THE favorite place to be served great food for many people working night shifts. It was a meeting place for visiting entertainers and celebrities including...
On October 12, 1974 Valmond Romilly, a Smithers lawyer, was stopped on the street and arrested by three Vancouver city policemen. The police arrested Romilly because the suspect, like Romilly, was Black. They continued to harass him even after they realized that they...
On August 30th, 1972 Emery Barnes was elected as the first member in the double-member riding of Vancouver Centre, along with MLA Gary Lauk. He and Lauk were re-elected in 1975, 1979 and 1983. In 1991, Barnes was elected to the revised single-member riding of...
Harry Winston Jerome was born on September 30, 1940 in Saskatchewan. His family moved to the Vancouver area in 1951. Rising above the intense racism and discrimination at their school and in their neighbourhood, Harry and his sister Valerie excelled in a variety of...
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” An estimated 250,000 people took part in the one-mile March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom...
