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Violet King Henry, who shattered glass ceilings as Canada’s first Black female lawyer, received a new honour Friday as the Federal Building plaza in Edmonton was renamed after her.
Born in Calgary in 1929, King Henry knew she wanted to be a criminal lawyer from a young age; a caption in her high school yearbook stated the aspiration, despite the fact no Black person had ever received a law degree in Alberta at the time.
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Violet King Henry, who shattered glass ceilings as Canada’s first Black female lawyer, received a new honour Friday as the Federal Building plaza in Edmonton was renamed after her.
Born in Calgary in 1929, King Henry knew she wanted to be a criminal lawyer from a young age; a caption in her high school yearbook stated the aspiration, despite the fact no Black person had ever received a law degree in Alberta at the time.
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Tamara Lawrance stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell as her demanding, capricious mistress, in “The Long Song,” a miniseries in three parts beginning Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, on WGCU PBS.
Based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the miniseries airs through February 14, 2021, at 10 pm.
The British press applauded the UK broadcast of “The Long Song,” with The
Guardian calling it “a beautiful, moving, horrifying adaptation of Levy’s
unsimple tale, that honors the source and its subject.” The Radio Times
judged it “so finely-tuned and carefully-balanced that it’ll break your heart
based on the bestselling novel by Andrea Levy
on MASTERPIECE
Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 on PBS
Tamara Lawrance (King Charles III) stars as an indomitable house slave in Jamaica during the era of emancipation, with Hayley Atwell
(The Avengers) as her demanding, capricious mistress, in
The Long Song. Based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, the miniseries airs in three parts on MASTERPIECE, Sundays, January 31 – February 14, 2021 at 10 pm on PBS.
Shown from left to right: July (TAMARA LAWRANCE), Nimrod (JORDAN BOLGER)
(C) Heyday Television – Photographer: Carlos Rodriguez
The British press applauded the UK broadcast of
The Long Song, with The Guardian calling it “a beautiful, moving, horrifying adaptation of Levy’s unsimple tale, that honors the source and its subject.” The Radio Times judged it “so finely-tuned and carefully-balanced that it’ll break your heart and make you laugh at the same time.” And The Times opined, “What can a