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It’s there in the orange dots of death that spot the bark of trees. In the cratered back alley...
Posted: Apr 25, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 25 (Clockwise from top left) Carol LaFayette-Boyd, Devon Clunis, Pamela Parker, Rosalind Smith, the Pilgrim Baptist Church and Christine Lwanga all broke barriers on the Prairies.(Submitted) 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. They're Black. They're trailblazers. They're Prairie firsts. These Black Prairie "firsts" sit among the leaders that have shattered glass ceil...
It’s not hard to imagine the sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church in its heyday — pews packed with generations of family members crowded together, a 40-person choir rising up in their red and gold robes, sunlight pouring in from the row of south-facing windows, their voices joining together for Sunday morning's opening hymn. It’s not hard to imagine the sanctuary at Pilgrim Baptist Church in its heyday — pews packed with generations of family members crowded together, a 40-person choir rising up in their red and gold robes, sunlight pouring in from the row of south-facing windows, th...