Black History Month 2018 – BC Black History Awareness Society

text on left Adelene da Soul Poet, right side hands slightly cupped with fingers outstretched

An Evening with Adelene da Soul Poet

At this event Adelene performed a number of her favorite poems and spent time after the performance with the audience. The event […]

man in suit standing with arms folded and smiling in US president office, american flag and other regalia in background

Barack Hussein Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the U.S.

Barack Obama was elected President on November 4, 2008, becoming the first African American to hold this office. He was re-elected in […]

Verna Gibbs, grandniece of Mifflin Wistar Gibbs steps into the Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Community Room opens

This community room was opened at the newly built Greater Victoria Public Library sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ (James Bay) Branch. Dr. Verna Gibbs, great-great […]

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Grave marker for Corinthea (nee Pierre) Alexander and daughter Eva

In 1858 both the Pierre and Alexander families arrived on Vancouver Island. Corinthia Pierre and Thomas Alexander were married on February 2, […]