Black History Month 2018 – BC Black History Awareness Society

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Toni Boot is the 1st Black women to be elected a councillor in BC

Toni Boot had been active in her community for many years, serving on various boards including Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen board, Okanagan Basin […]

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Emery Barnes Park opens at 1100 Seymour Street, Vancouver

Emery Barnes served on the BC provincial legislature for many years and was the first speaker in BC to be elected by […]

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Committee of Colored Ladies of the British Colony of Victoria (V.I.) support “the Contrabands”

The Black soldiers who supported the Union in the American Civil War were known as “the Contrabands.” The Fugitive Slave Act, which […]

1851 – 1898: The BC gold rush period lasted for about 50 years

Here are the dates and places of important gold finds in BC. The 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush, 1859 Cariboo Gold Rush […]