Black History (January to December)

• 3-year-old blows away audience with poem for Black History Month! 'Hey, Black Child'

• 5 Black Inventors You Should Know

• A Canadian Slave Story

• Behind the Lens: Selma 50 Years Later  

• Black History Milestones -The History Channel

• Black History Canada - Black History Month

• Black History Month Launch

• Black History Month - Government of Canada

• Mois histoire des noirs | Black History Month Portal 

• Black History Month Resources-The United Church of Christ

• Black History Month by the United Church of Canada (Video)

• Black History Salute - Celebrating Black History 365 Days/ 24/7

• "Do Black Lives Matter in Montreal" (Montreal Gazette) 

• Dr. Joy De Gruy

• Eighty Years after Christie v York Conference - February 29, 2020

• Marie-Joseph Angelique: The Darker Side Of Canada’s History by Yvonne Sam 

• Nancy Oliver-MacKenzie writes about the work of Montreal's Union United Church for social justice in the Black community and beyond 

• President Barack Obama - From Baby to 55 Year Old

• President Obama Care Facts - Dispelling the Myths

• President Obama's Speech on Selma (Video) 

• President Obama's Archived Websites - National Archives

• President Barack Obama's Complete 2013 Inauguration Speech (Video)

• ‘Slave Bible’ Removed Passages To Instill Obedience And Uphold Slavery | NBC Nightly News

• Sophia Stewart, The Real Creator of ‘The Matrix,’ Wins Billion Dollar Copyright Case

• West Islanders Kemba Michell and Akilah Newton recognized in Parliament for Black History Month  
  

Tributes to Nelson Mandela

• Nelson Mandela Mural Unveiling (video)

• Video Message by Dr. Maya Angelou in Memory of Nelson Mandela
  Published on Dec 6, 2013
  Video message delivered by Dr. Maya Angelou on behalf of the American people in memory of Nelson Mandela.  View video with captions in Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hausa, Portuguese, Russian, Sesotho, Setswana, Spanish, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, or Zulu.

• History Channel - Miracle Rising South Africa [ Full Movie ]

• Mandela The Man and His Country by onemediamusic

Exposing Systemic Racism: Personal experiences are shared

• Before MLK Jr. or Rosa Parks, there was this 15-year-old

• Episodes of Police Bias that Makes us continue to fight injustice. Roger shares his indignity 

• Joel Anthony shares his experience with systemic racism 

• Muhammad Ali recites Powerful Poem (1972) (Video)

• Rev. Dr. Anthony Bailey Shares his violent experience with racism

• Students who took couple's honeymoon story to heart take action

• The most painful display of Racism; The death of George Floyd

February 2019

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2019 Laureates
	Pat Dillon Moore signs Golden Book at City Hall
WIBCA President Ms.Kemba Mitchell celebrates final payment of the Mortgage with past president Mrs.Veronica Johnson	Union United Youth In Arts Presentation
Cello Duet	Fatima on Steel Pan
	Guitars
Cellos

February 2018

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2018 Laureate with Mayor Jim Beis	2018 BHM Ottawa with MP Marc Miller
Signing the Golden Book

2017 Black History Month Laureates SPECIAL MENTION  Erene Anthony

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Viola Desmond

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