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Black artists who could play in Montreal's white clubs were often denied entry as patrons. 'The expectation was that Blacks were behind and could not move in the same circles,' said historian Dorothy Williams.
Black jazz musicians "coloured south of Montreal as Black as they could" — but it wasn't easy.
Article content Producing a Heritage Minute about Oscar Peterson is such a natural, the only surprising thing is it’s taken Historica Canada this long to make one. “For all of his fame and all of his skill and renown … I think we could agree that if he was American, there would either be a Broadway musical or a Hollywood movie on the life of someone this accomplished,” said Anthony Wilson-Smith, president and CEO of Historica Canada, the non-profit organization that produces these one-minute film vignettes on notable people and events in Canadian history. We apologize, but this video ...