Bill M-36 is unanimously passed in the House of Commons to officially recognize August 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada

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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 […]

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“Go Do Some Great Thing” – the film

Author: Crawford Kilian Producer: Anthony Brown February 4, 2013, Film showing at Greater Victoria Public Library – Main Branch, Broughton Street

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, […]