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I Am Black History (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices Donna Paris
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Black Canadians from across Canada using their voices to tell their stories. Brought to you by In The Black:Canada and DeeP Visions Media and a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. The host is Nova Scotia born Donna Paris and if you want to know more about her and the I Am Black History Project check out her web site at www.intheblackcanada.ca. Donna wants Black people to take their place in Canadian history and for all Canadians to hear their stories, so be sure to be in touch at intheblackcanada@gmail.com.
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Lynn Jones is Black History - Part 1 (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices
Welcome to episode 9 of Season 4 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Lynn Jones. Among other topics, Lynn shares the history of her father's family from Kentucky to Preston to Jollytown and then Truro and her mother's family from Guysborough to Truro. Lynn also shares why she claims the whole continent of Africa as her home.
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Reverend Blair Dixon is Black History - Our Stories, Our Voices
This is episode 8 of Season 4 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I had so much fun talking with Reverend Blair Dixon who grew up in Union Place in Saint John, New Brunswick. He says that growing up Black and poor was a blessing. He also says, he doesn't need a movement to tell him he matters; he knew he was loved and mattered to his family.
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Tina Pippy is Black History - Our Stories, Our Voices
Welcome to Season 4, episode 7 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. Tina Pippy was born in Newfoundland and is on a journey to find her true self. She and grew up in a white family and though she knew she was different, no one in her family would acknowledge her full identity.
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Evie Auchinvole is Black History - Part 2 (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices
Welcome to Season 4, episode 6 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this, part 2 of our conversation, Evie Auchinvole talks about Black History in Hamilton and surrounding areas, how important the church is to Black communities, and why it's important, especially for young people, that our stories be told.
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Evie Auchinvole is Black History - Part 1 (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices
Welcome to Season 4, episode 5 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Evie Auchinvole. In this episode, Evie shares the pieces of her family tree that she knows and talks about how some of her ancestors came from Germany to Hamilton while others came to Donkin, Nova Scotia from Barbados and then Hamilton. As Evie said, "Well, sit back because I'm going to tell you a marvellous story."
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Anne Rockhead is Black History (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices
Welcome to another episode of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Anne Rockhead who was born in Montreal, Quebec and was married to Kenny, the son of Rufus Rockhead the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, a famous nightclub in Montreal. Anne has a lot to share about the Union United Church and the Negro Community Centre both important places for Montreal's Black Communities.
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