Segregation, faith, resilience: Free Black people have created a home in Canada since the 1700s
‘We have so many amazing Black histories in Canada,’ playwright says
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‘We have so many amazing Black histories in Canada,’ playwright says
Three generations of the Mayes family in front of the Shiloh Baptist Church they built. (Leander Lane Family Photo Archives) How many families do you know who built a church, a school and had a grandmother who delivered babies and was the leader of the community? Oh yeah, and that family also had an NFL football player and a member of Canada’s national women’s bobsleigh team! Let’s find out a little more about this amazing Black family who have been living in the western part of Canada for over 110 years! Where did they come from? A Black family who left the U.S. due to discrimina...