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Posted: Apr 25, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: April 27 Serena Prescott (centre) and her husband Kaelan Prescott (left) onstage with their child at City Life Church in Leduc, Alta.(Submitted by Serena Prescott) This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  The racial make-ups of the church Serena Prescott attends today and the south-central Edmonton church where her father was pastor when she was growing up are as different as...

Posted: Feb 12, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: February 12 Deborah Dobbins's mother, Mae, sits in front of the homestead house where she grew up in Wildwood, Alta., west of Edmonton. Wildwood was the province's first established Black community.(Submitted by Deborah Dobbins) February is Black History Month. To mark it, The Road Ahead has asked several Black Albertans to share their personal stories and their hopes for the future of this province . Our series starts today with this column by cultural and special education consultant Deborah Dobbins. For African American Albertans, prejudice...

Justice Minister Kaycee Madu said their accomplishments paved the way for other Black Albertans to achieve their goals, no matter the challenges they faced.

Author of the article: Lauren Boothby Publishing date: Jan 25, 2021  •  February 1, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Black History Month celebrations and events will be different in 2021 with the COVID-19 pandemic moving events online. Pictured above in 2020, Drummers Robert Kpogo (left), Stennie Noel and bagpiper Campbell Wallace provide some musical entertainment at a Black History Month event held at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton on Thursday February 13, 2020. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA) Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia Article content February 2021 could be one of the b...