Podcasts by RCI | English : Portraits of Black Canadians
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 27 from 2020-03-05T14:48:04
Slavery Remembered The abolition of slavery was commemorated in 2004.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/27-Slavery-Remembered.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 26 from 2020-03-05T14:42:58
Black History Month Every February Canadians celebrate the history of Blacks in Canada. https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/26-Black-History-Month.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 25 from 2020-03-05T14:40:28
Donovan Bailey The athlete's meteoric rise to fame is one of Canada's remarkable success stories. https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/25-Donovan-Bailey.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 24 from 2020-03-04T14:38:49
Suzette Mayr The author spotlights issues involving race and ethnicity interethnic people.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/24-Suzette-Mayr.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 23 from 2020-03-03T14:07:45
Maka Kotto Poet, actor, stage director, and first black Afrcan elected to the Canadian Parliament.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/23-Maka-Kotto.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 22 from 2020-03-02T14:02:23
George Elliott Clarke The author describes the rich oral narratives and cultural traditions of Blacks in Nova Scotia.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/22-George-Elliott-C...
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 21 from 2020-03-01T20:29:20
Michaëlle Jean Canada's first black Governor General. https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/21-Michaelle-Jean.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 20 from 2020-02-29T19:19:18
Dany Laferrière The author became a huge success by poking fun at racial stereotypes.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/20-Dany-Laferriere.mp3
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 19 from 2020-02-28T19:57:52
Dr. Hervé Blanchard Dr. Blanchard has cared for 30 years (1970-2000) for many children in Quebec, notably at the Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, where he saved the lives of newborn babies wit...
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 18 from 2020-02-27T16:20:28
Charlie Biddle Remembered as the father of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Charles Biddle lent his name to the club that kept the groove going year-round. Biddles, now known as The Hous...
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 17 from 2020-02-26T19:08:08
Oscar Peterson There’s Oscar Peterson Boulevard and Oscar Peterson Public School in Mississauga, Ontario; Oscar Peterson Square in downtown Toronto; and, in his hometown of Montreal there’s the Os...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 16 from 2020-02-24T15:43:48
Portia White The classical concert signer from Nova Scotia achieved international fame World War Second.In Portia White’s hometown of Truro, Nova Scotia there is a monument in her memory. Followin...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 15 from 2020-02-21T20:52:08
Lou Hooper Once Oscar Peterson’s piano teacher, Lou Hooper wrote ragtime classics like The Cakewalk, Black Cat Blues, South Sea Strut and Uncle Remus Stomp. Born in 1894, in North Buxton, Ontario,...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 14 from 2020-02-20T20:38:27
George Frederick Johnson George Frederick Johnson enlisted in the Canadian military when he was just 16 years old. Cpl. Johnson served with the 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment and later took part ...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 13 from 2020-02-19T20:11:16
Sam Langford Samuel Edgar Langford, known as the Boston Terror, is considered by many boxing historians to be one of the greatest fighters of all time. Duration: 2:27 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 12 from 2020-02-19T19:58:19
William Hall Petty Officer William Hall was the first black Canadian man to win the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857.Duration: 2:40 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-cont...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 11 from 2020-02-17T22:09:05
Mary Ann Shadd Cary Today, we bring you the story of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. She moved to Canada from the United States in 1851 and eventually began editing The Provincial Freeman, a weekly newspaper...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 10 from 2020-02-14T22:12:45
The Press and the Anti-Slavery Movement Today we bring you the story of 19th century Canadian publications such as Voice of the Fugitive and The Globe advocating for freedom from bondage.Duration ...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 9 from 2020-02-13T22:28:44
Anti-slavery movement in Canada The Anti-Slavery Society of Canada was formed in Canada West (now Ontario) in 1851 to promote the global abolition of slavery and provide relief to African American...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 8 from 2020-02-12T19:42:43
Harriet Tubman Today we bring you the story of Harriet Tubman. She was a courageous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of American slaves to freedom in Canada.Duration 2:59 ...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 7 from 2020-02-11T21:44:19
Josiah Henson Today, we bring you the story of Josiah Henson. His remarkable life story inspired American author Harriet Beecher Stowe to write her famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Du...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 6 from 2020-02-10T20:32:39
Africville Today, we bring you the story of Africville, the beating heart of the African Canadian community in Nova Scotia until it was bulldozed over in the 1960s to make way for other projects, ...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 5 from 2020-02-07T20:52:55
Slave rebellions Slaves in North America and the Caribbean staged several rebellions and engaged in other forms of resistance against their masters.Duration: 3:02 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-cont...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 4 from 2020-02-06T18:20:40
Slavery laws A number of slavery laws, in addition to Indigenous slavery customs, existed in Canada both under the French rule and British rule until slavery was officially abolished in 1833.Durat...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 3 from 2020-02-05T17:35:24
Olivier Le Jeune Olivier Le Jeune is the first black person known to have lived and died in Canada. He was also Canada’s first recorded African slave. Le Jeune was about seven years old when he wa...
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 2 from 2020-02-04T17:31:15
Mathieu Da Costa Mathieu Da Costa, the first black man to arrive in Canada, is said to have been born in the Azores. Da Costa was a free black man who in the early 1600s was employed as a translat...
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Portraits of Black Canadians–Episode 1 from 2020-01-30T16:13:06
We begin the first episode of our podcast series Portraits of Black Canadians with a short introduction into the history of slavery in the Americas. Slavery TriangleThe transatlantic slave trade f...
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