Black History Month Profiles IV: Ferguson Jenkins, the Athlete
And to wind off our Kevin Lopes produced series on Black History Month…. After profiling Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Portia White and Lincoln Alexander we end of our Black History Month Profiles with a Ferguson Jenkins, the Athlete. An elite baseball pitcher in the 1960’s and 1970’s Jenkins was the first Canadian to be elected […]
Black History Month Profiles, Part III: Lincoln Alexander, the Politician
And continuing our Black History Month profiles (thank you again Kevin Lopes)…. After profiling activist and publisher Mary Ann Shadd Cary and singer Portia White in our Black History Month Profiles we move into the realm of politics with Lincoln Alexander. Lincoln overcame many racial challenges to become a successful politician. Being the first black […]
Black History Month Profiles, Part II: Portia White, the Singer.
And here is a second profile prepared by our very own Kevin Lopes Last week we began profiling significant black Canadians in history with Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an activist and publisher in the 19th century. Next on our list is Portia White, a singer who led the way for black Canadian female singers in […]
Black History Month..profiles part 1
Kevin Lopes has prepared a number of black history profiles which I will be putting onto our blog over the next few days. Black history month reminds us of a very important and still historically evolving human rights journey, and to appreciate it we need to remember the injustices of the past and the people […]
