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Aliant Learning Videos
Multicultural
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Canadian Black History
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Actors and directors
 | Philip
Akin, director
| Barbara
Alexandre, actress
| Sarah
Barrable-Tishauer, actress (Degrassi:
The Next Generation)
| Cory
Bowles, actor (Trailer
Park Boys)
| Roger
Cross, actor (24)
| Hubert
Davis, Academy
Award-nominated documentary filmmaker
| Raven
Duada, actress (Da
Kink in My Hair)
| Melyssa
Ford, professional model and actress
| Clark
Johnson, actor (Homicide:
Life on the Street)
| Djennie
Laguerre, actress
| Andrea
Lewis, actress (Degrassi:
The Next Generation)
| Little X,
director
| Kandyse
McClure, actress (Battlestar
Galactica)
| Yanna
McIntosh, actress
| Brandon
Jay McLaren, actor (Power
Rangers S.P.D.)
| ahdri
zhina mandiela, director
| Weyni
Mengesha, director (Da
Kink in My Hair)
| Tyrone
Parsons, actor (Trailer
Park Boys)
| Gloria
Reuben, actress (ER)
| RT!, director
| Alison
Sealy-Smith, actress (This
is Wonderland)
| Denis
Simpson, actor and children's television host (Polka
Dot Door)
| Frances-Anne
Solomon, director
| Ordena
Stephens, actress (Da
Kink in My Hair)
| David
(Sudz) Sutherland, director (Love,
Sex and Eating the Bones)
| Yanic
Truesdale, actor (Gilmore
Girls)
| Clement
Virgo, director
| Stephen
Williams, director
| Tonya
Lee Williams, longtime actress on The
Young and the Restless
| Maurice
Dean Wint, actor |
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Athletes
| Donovan
Bailey, first Canadian to win an Olympic
gold medal in the 100m sprint (1996
Atlanta)
| Emery
Barnes (see under Politicians)
| Shawn
Belle, NHL prospect
| Tim
Biakabutuka, former NFL
player
| Fred
Brathwaite, NHL
goalie
| Denham
Brown, NCAA basketball player with UConn
| Nate
Burleson, NFL player
| Herb
Carnegie star of Quebec professional hockey league
| Anson
Carter, NHL
star
| Samuel
Dalembert, NBA
player
| Trevor
Daley, NHL player with the Dallas Stars
| Buddy
Daye, former Boxer and activist in Nova Scotia
| Nigel
Dawes, NHL
player with the New York Rangers
| George
Dixon, first black world boxing
champion in any weight class
| Ray
Downey, former boxer that medalled in the 1988 Olympics
| Rob
Ducey, former Major League Baseball player
| Ray
Emery, NHL goaltender
| Robert
Esmie, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (Atlanta 1996)
| Perdita
Felicien, Olympic athlete
| Rick Fox,
NBA
player
| Grant
Fuhr, ex-NHL goalie elected to Hockey
Hall of Fame
| George
Godfrey, former boxer originally from Prince Edward Island
| Glenroy
Gilbert, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (Atlanta 1996)
| Jean-Luc
Grand-Pierre, former NHL defenseman, currently playing in Europe
| Charmaine
Hooper, soccer
player; retired as leader in appearances and goals for the women's
national team
| Daniel
Igali, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling (Sydney
2000)
| Jarome
Iginla, NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist (Salt
Lake 2002)
| Harry
Jerome, runner and first Canadian to hold an official world track and
field record
| Ferguson
Jenkins, baseball star and first Canadian elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame
| Ben
Johnson, Olympic sprinter disqualified in 1988 drug scandal
| Kirk
Johnson, boxer
| Rocky
Johnson, professional wrestler (also father of actor/wrestler Dwayne
Johnson)
| Tommy
Kane, former NFL wide receiver
| Sam
Langford, former boxer
| Georges
Laraque, NHL hockey player
| Sandra
Levy, Olympic field hockey player
| Ray
Lewis, first Canadian born Black to win a medal in the Olympics
| Jamaal
Magloire, NBA player
| Mike
Marson, second Black player in NHL history
| Russell
Martin, MLB player
| Rueben
Mayes, former NFL
player
| Mark
McKoy, Olympic gold medalist 110 m hurdles
(Barcelona
1992)
| Ray
Neufeld, former NHL player
| Willie
O'Ree, first black hockey player in the National Hockey League
| Milt
Ottey, world champion high
jumper
| John
Paris Jr., hockey coach
| Eldon
"Pokey" Reddick, former NHL goalie
| Bill
Riley, third Black player in NHL history
| Tony
Sharpe, sprinter
| Anthony
Stewart, NHL
player with the Florida Panthers
| Sylvia
Sweeney, former Olympic backetball star
| Bruny
Surin, Olympic gold medalist 4x100 relay (1996 Atlanta)
| Angella
Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter
| Dwight
Walton, former Team Canada Basketball player
| Peter
Worrell, NHL hockey player
| Kevin
Weekes, NHL goalie
| Desai
Williams, sprinter
| Trevor
C. Williams, former Team Canada Basketball player
| Tyrone
Williams, former CFL and NFL wide receiver
| Nigel
Wilson, baseball player (First draft pick by the Florida Marlins (2nd
overall) in the 1992 Expansion Draft)
| Wayne
Yearwood, former Team Canada Basketball player |
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Musicians
| Toya
Alexis, R&B/pop
singer and Canadian
Idol season 1 finalist
| Lillian
Allen, dub poet
| A-Train and Fatbone, rappers with Social
Deviantz
| Gary
Beals, pop singer and Canadian
Idol season 1 first runner-up
| Salome
Bey, jazz, blues
and gospel
singer (American Citizen - Canadian permanent resident)
| Charlie
Biddle (Sr.), one of Canada's greatest bassists
| Jully
Black, R&B/pop singer
| Lawrence
Ytzhak Braithwaite wordcore, dub poet
| Kheaven Brereton, known professionally as k-os,
hip-hop
musician
| Measha
Brueggergosman, opera
singer
| Divine
Brown, R&B/soul
singer and musical theatre performer
| Bruce
B rapper, founder of RAW Records
| Cadence
Weapon, rapper
| Gregory
Charles, pop and gospel singer
| Choclair,
rapper
| Jarvis
Church, singer (The
Philosopher Kings and solo) and music producer (Nelly
Furtado)
| Deborah
Cox, pop/R&B singer, holds the record for the longest-running #1
single ("Nobody's Supposed to be Here") in the history of Billboard
magazine's R&B charts
| Simone
Denny, house
music vocalist
| Robert
Nathaniel Dett, composer
| Devon,
hip-hop musician ("Mr. Metro")
| Alpha
Yaya Diallo, musician
| Dream
Warriors, rap duo
| Ghetto
Concept, group from Rexdale,
Ontario
| Orin
Isaacs, bandleader (Open
Mike with Mike Bullard, The
Mike Bullard Show), musician and music producer
| Jacksoul,
singer
| Molly
Johnson, rock and jazz
vocalist
| Danko
Jones, rock singer and guitarist
| Oliver
Jones, one of Canada's greatest Jazz pianists
| Kardinal
Offishall, rapper
| K'naan,
rapper
| Tobi
Lark, jazz, blues and gospel singer
| Ranee
Lee, jazz singer
| Murray
Lightburn, rock singer/songwriter (The
Dears)
| Rich
London, rapper
| Lowell
Eiser, infamous pump rapper
| Garry
Lowe, bassist (Big
Sugar)
| Mojah,
guitarist (Big
Sugar)
| Moka
Only, rapper of the Swollen
Members
| Maestro,
hip-hop musician, first Canadian rapper to have a Top 40 hit
| Oscar
Peterson, the greatest Canadian jazz pianist
| Prevail,
rapper of the Swollen
Members
| Rascalz,
rap group
| Jackie
Richardson, jazz, blues and gospel singer
| Sharon
Riley and Faith Chorale, gospel group
| Shakura
S'Aida, jazz and blues singer
| Eon
Sinclair, bassist (Bedouin
Soundclash)
| Liberty
Silver, R&B and jazz singer
| Sean
Simmonds, gospel artist
| Tony
"Wild T" Springer, blues
rock guitarist
| Tamia, R&B
singer and actress
| Bobby
Taylor and his band, The Vancouvers, a popular Motown
act who were instrumental in getting The
Jackson 5 signed to the label and produced the earliest Jackson 5
records.
| Dione
Taylor, jazz singer
| Julian
Taylor, rock musician (Staggered
Crossing)
| Tebey,
country and pop songwriter and singer
| Thrust,
rapper
| Jackie
Washington, blues
musician
| Portia
White, gospel singer
| Janice
J. Williams, gospel singer
| Denise
M. Williams, gospel singer
| d'bi
young, dub
poet
| Ethix, rapper |
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Politicians, public servants, and soldiers
| Wayne
Adams, Nova Scotia's first black MLA, Liberal
| Yvonne
Atwell, Nova Scotia's first black woman MLA, NDP
| Jean
Augustine, Former Member of Parliament, First Black Canadian Cabinet
Minister, former deputy Speaker
of the House of Commons.
| Zanana
Akande, former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet
minister
| Lincoln
Alexander, first black Member of Parliament in Canada and former Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario
| Bromley
Armstrong, community activist
| Addie
Aylestock, First ordained Black woman minister in Canada
| George
Bancroft, educator, civil servant and Ontario
Human Rights Commissioner
| Vivian
Barbot, Bloc
Québécois member of parliament for the riding of Papineau
| Emery
Barnes, first black Speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
and CFL
defensive end
| James
Calbert Best, diplomat and public servant
| Rosemary
Brown, British Columbia legislator, and the first black woman to run for
the leadership of a political party in Canada (the federal New
Democratic Party)
| Mary
Anne Chambers, Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and cabinet
minister
| Ulrick
Chérubin, mayor of Amos,
Quebec and one of the first black mayors of any city in Quebec
| Caroline
Cole, Vice President, Business Development Bank of Canada
| Anne
Cools, Canada's first black senator
| Alvin
Curling, Ontario
Member of Provincial Parliament and Speaker of the Legislature of Ontario
| Delos
Davis, first Black lawyer in Canada
| Rob
Davis, former York
and Toronto
city councillor
| Gordon
Earle, former NDP Member of Parliament for Halifax
West
| Lennox
Farrell, community activist
| Keith
Forde, the first visible minority Deputy Chief of Police in the history
of the Toronto
Police Service
| Mayann
E. Francis, director & CEO of the Nova
Scotia Human Rights Commission
| Harry
Gairey Sr, community activist
| Mifflin
Gibbs, merchant and member of Victoria
City Council in the 1860s
| Stanley
G. Grizzle, judge, community activist
| Daniel
G. Hill, sociologist and first head of the Ontario
Human Rights Commission
| Jay
Hope, senior officer in the Ontario
Provincial Police
| Jennifer
Hosten, Canadian High
Commissioner to Grenada and diplomat
| William
Peyton Hubbard, former Toronto alderman, controller and acting mayor
| Wayne
Hurst, mayor of Amherstburg, Ontario
| Ovid
Jackson, former Member of Parliament and former mayor of Owen
Sound
| Michaëlle
Jean, former broadcaster and current Governor
General of Canada, the first black person in Canadian history appointed
to that position
| Marlene
Jennings, first black woman from Quebec
to be elected to Parliament
| Ron
Jones, Methodist
minister, fire chief, Windsor,
Ontario
school board trustee and city councillor, New
Democratic Party activist
| Maka
Kotto, black author and actor from Quebec
elected to Canadian Parliament in 2004 (Bloc Québécois, independentist
party)
| Daurene
Lewis, first black woman mayor in North America
| Howard
McCurdy, Member of Parliament and the first black male to run for the
leadership of a political party (the federal New
Democratic Party)
| Firmin
Monestime, mayor of Mattawa,
Ontario
and the first black mayor in Canada
| Donald
Willard Moore, community activist
| Paul
S. Morton, pastor of St. Stephen Baptist Church in New Orleans, a church
with over 20,000 members
| Donald
Oliver, first black senator from Nova Scotia
| Stuart
Parker, leader of the Green
Party of British Columbia 1993 to 2000, the first (and only) black
leader of a political party in Canada
| Stephnie
Payne, community activist
| Burr
Plato, town councillor for Niagara
Falls (1886-1901)
| George
Rogers, former mayor of Leduc,
Alberta, current MLA for the riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
| Calvin
Ruck, senator
| Bev
Salmon, former North
York city councillor
| Paulette Senior, community activist, CEO of YWCA of Canada
| Michael
Thompson, current Toronto
city councillor
| Carol
Wall, social activist and labour leader
| Juanita
Westmoreland-Traoré, first appointed black judge in the history of
Quebec
| Bill
White, musician and political candidate
| Jack
White, union activist
| William
A. White, only black officer of the No. 2 Construction Battalion
| Paul
Winn, human rights activist, director of Canadian Race Relations
Foundation, former television personality |
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Writers, journalists, and broadcasters
| Trey
Anthony, playwright (Da Kink in my Hair)
| Gary
Archibald, weathercaster for NBC Weather Plus and MSNBC
| Arnold
Auguste, Share
newspaper publisher
| Matte
Babel, MuchMusic
VJ
| George
Boyd, playwright
| Lawrence
Ytzhak Braithwaite, author, dub poet, novelist (Wigger, Ratz
are Nice and More at 7:30)
| Dian
Marie Bridge, playwright/ director
| Dionne
Brand, author
| Ron
Charles, television reporter for the CBC
| Jojo
Chintoh, longtime Citytv
reporter
| Austin
Clarke, novelist (The Polished Hoe, Growing Up Stupid Under
the Union Jack)
| George
Elliott Clarke, poet and playwright (Whylah Falls, George and
Rue)
| Afua
Cooper, poet and historian
| Wayde
Compton, poet
| Rita
Deverell, broadcaster and journalist, founder of Vision
TV
| Orville
Lloyd Douglas, poet, writer, and journalist
| Rosey
Edeh, ET
Canada reporter and former MSNBC
meteorologist
| Esi
Eduygan, novelist
| Nneka
Elliott, television weathercaster for The
Weather Network
| Natasha
Eloi, Space
science reporter
| Cecil
Foster, novelist and sociologist
| Hamlin
Grange, newspaper editor (Contrast), television reporter and news
anchor and consultant
| Adrian
Harewood, CBC
Radio journalist and host
| Nalo
Hopkinson, science
fiction author
| Marci
Ien, Canada
AM and CTV
Newsnet anchor
| Royson
James, Toronto
Star columnist
| Namugenyi
Kiwanuka, Rogers
Sportsnet basketball
commentator and former MuchMusic
VJ
| Dany
Laferrière, novelist
| Scott
Laurie, CTV
Newsnet anchor and reporter
| Alexis
Mazurin, CBC
Radio host
| Jane
Musoke-Nteyafas, poet
| Darren Osborne, radio personality
| M.
NourbeSe Philip, poet, novelist and essayist
| Joseph
Jomo Pierre, playwright (Born Ready)
| Quddus,
MTV VJ
| Mairuth
Sarsfield, novelist (No Crystal Stair)
| John
Saunders, sports journalist for ESPN and ABC
| Djanet
Sears, playwright (Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God)
| Terese
Sears, Journalist
| Olive
Senior, poet and short story writer
| Mary
Ann Shadd, first female newspaper publisher
| Makeda
Silvera, novelist
| Sylvia
Sweeney, television broadcaster (W-FIVE)
| Nerene
Virgin, actor (Today's
Special) and Newsworld
International anchor
| Marcia
Williams, CBC
Radio broadcaster and host of The
World This Hour
| Ken Wiwa,
journalist and author, and son of executed Nigerian
political prisoner Ken
Saro-Wiwa |
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Scholars and scientists
| George Dei, educational scholar
| Lorne Foster, public policy scholar
| Larry
W. Gaiters, theologian, international lecturer, human rights activist
and a bishop.
| Carl E. James, educational scholar |
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Artists
Other historical figures
| Anderson
Ruffin Abbott, became, in 1861, the first Black Canadian physician and
among a select few at the death bed of Abraham
Lincoln.
| Marie-Joseph
Angélique, executed for setting fire to Montreal
| Carrie
Best, Activist and Humanitarian
| Henry
Bibb
| Matthew
Bullock, fugitive from the U.S. who became a cause celebre in the 1920s
| Rubin
"Hurricane" Carter, African-American
boxer controversially convicted of murder, now a Canadian activist and
speaker
| Rose
Fortune, First female police officer in Canada
| Rev. William
H. Golar, former president of historically Black Livingstone College
| William
Hall, first Canadian and first black person to be awarded the Victoria
Cross (Actually a Newfoundlander - died before Newfoundland entered
Canadian Confederation)
| Josiah
Henson, former slave, believed to be the inspiration for the novel Uncle
Tom's Cabin.
| Denham
Jolly, entrepreneur and founder of Milestone
Radio and Flow
93.5 Toronto
| Olivier
Le Jeune, believed to have been the first slave purchased in what later
became Quebec
| Lesra
Martin, crown
attorney and speaker, involved in his youth in freeing Rubin Carter
| Beverly
Mascoll, entrepreneur and community leader
| Elijah
McCoy, origin of "the real McCoy", inventor
| Shadrach
Minkins, American-born fugitive slave rescued from federal custody in
Boston in 1851 who settled in Montreal.
| Aaron
Albert Mossell, first Black person to graduate from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School
| Nathan
Francis Mossell, first Black person to graduate from the University of
Pennsylvania Medical School
| Rev. Dr. William
P. Oliver, community leader and a long time pastor at Cornwallis Baptist
Church in Halifax
| Rev. Richard
Preston, anti-slavery activist and founder of African Baptist
Association of Nova Scotia
| John
Ware, former slave, Alberta
cowboy
| Mary
Matilda Winslow, first Black female graduate of the University of New
Brunswick |
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www.blackhistorysociety.ca
(To find out what's on click on upcoming events)
www.toronto.com/feature/347/3.html
(Black History past & future. Can view and read about historical landmarks
in Toronto)
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/blkdata.htm
(Black Settlements in Nova Scotia)
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/timeline_bhns.php
(African Heritage Timelines)
http://www.edselect.com/black_history_month.htm
(Black History Month)
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8798
(Pictorial on black history, Nova Scotia) |
