Black History Month 2016 – BC Black History Awareness Society

Blacks Today – History in the Making

“Many changes are happening all over the world. Millions of African-Americans have been changed to believe the power of ‘yes, we can!’ […]

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 […]

sepia toned taken from side angle of 2 story shingled and gabled house with porch, fence and trees at front house

Dandridge House is constructed

John and Charlotte Dandridge arrived in Victoria in 1858. John was one of the men who applied for citizenship in 1858. In 1860 […]

Judge Matthew Begbie rules against the Black miners of the Davis Company

In 1865 the Davis Company was formed through a merger of the all-Black Harvey-Dixon Company and the all-white Davis Company. The new […]