Black History Month 2012 – BC Black History Awareness Society

open space with 6-foot high, self-standing, information panels supported and connected by rigid metal frames

August 14, 2021: “Hope Meets Action: Echoes through The Black Continuum”

BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with the Royal BC Museum opened, opened Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum […]

Poster with images, dates, black text on white background

Black History Month 2015

1958: BC Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (BCAACP) is founded

The BC Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (BCAACP) was founded on March 1,1958 to support people facing discrimination in education, […]

young bearded man standing at easel with paint brushes and palette in left hand and 1 brush in right hand

June 25,1883: Grafton Tyler Brown art exhibition opens in Victoria

Grafton Tyler Brown is considered the first professional Black artist in the Pacific west. The one-week art exhibition, the first art exhibit […]