Black History Month 2012 – BC Black History Awareness Society

Tribute to Mahalia Jackson and Son of Africville

This concert at the Metro Theatre featured singer Gergana Velinova, accompanied by Pablo Cardenas performing “A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson”, followed by […]

Speaker Janie Cooper-Wilson African-Canadian History

African-Canadian History with author Janie Cooper-Wilson

Janie Cooper-Wilson, artist, author speaker; has been featured in made-for-television documentaries such as Bloodlines, Famous Last Words, and Raise the Spirit; written […]

BC Black History Awareness Society is registered as a BC Society

The success of the Black History Month 1994 event by the Special Event Advisory Committee working with the Royal BC Museum and […]

b&w professional studio portrait woman standing, man seated. Nancy's hair parted in the centre, pulled back into a bun. Her right hand rests on Charles shoulder. Charles, seated to her right, with his right foot slightly forward wearing a dark suit and vest, his watch chain is visible from his vest pocket. Charles hair is white; he has a moustache and full beard.

Golden wedding anniversary on Christmas Day 1899

Charles and Nancy were married in Springfield Illinois, on December 25,1849. In 1899 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with many friends […]