The famed Isky hot rod built by a young California hot rodding pioneer Ed Iskenderian on display at a museum in Lincoln, Nebraska | Museum photos
An iconic segment of the California hot rod culture is on display in a museum, but it’s a museum halfway across the country. The
Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, but is showcasing the famed little black Model T hot rod built by a youngster named Ed Iskenderian, who soon would become famous for creating high-performance camshafts. “Isky” anticipates celebrating his 100th birthday on July 10.
If the Nebraska location for the famous hot rod seems strange, consider that the car is displayed with Ed Winfield’s cam grinder that Isky used as well as with the only other pair of Maxi cylinder heads known to exist. The car is owned by Isky and is in Nebraska on a long-term loan.
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“Our province has been shaped by the contributions of Black Canadians,” says Premier John Horgan and Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, Rachna Singh, in a joint statement.
“We also want to acknowledge the leadership so many Black Canadians and Black community organizations have taken in the past, and continue to take, in advocating for social justice and equity for all – especially through this unprecedented and challenging year.”
A number of virtual events are also taking place in BC this month to highlight the contributions and history of Black pioneers. BC Black History Awareness Society (BCBHAS) has partnered with Digital Museums Canada for a virtual museum exhibit. The Ensemble Theatre Company is also presenting Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival curated by Black artists Adrian Neblett and Mariam Barry.
A new online exhibit aims to highlight the contributions and history of Black pioneers in BC.
The exhibit features 20 stories, nine videos, and 86 gallery items that include images, photographs, maps, and archival documents and focuses on a group of 800 invited settlers and how they contributed to the formation and development of society in BC.
Silvia Mangue Alene, president of the BCBHAS, tells Daily Hive this history is not currently part of the curriculum in BC schools.
“We, my organization, go around asking to present the history in schools. Sometimes we are welcome and sometimes we are not. We hope that the Ministry of Education will at least have this history as an option in high schools so that youth that want to learn this history can have the option,” explains Alene.
Gibbs and the Alexanders are among several key members of the Island’s Black community in the mid-1800s featured in a new online exhibit, B.C.’s Black Pioneers: Their Industry and Character Influenced the Vision of Canada, which opened Dec. 17. The exhibit was created by the B.C. Black History Awareness Society with a Digital Museums Canada investment grant and features stories and videos, as well as historical images. Gibbs arrived in Victoria in 1858 and by 1866 was representing the James Bay District as a city councillor. He oversaw a coal-mining project in Haida Gwaii before returning to the United States, where he became the first elected Black municipal judge in the United States and a U.S. consul to Madagascar.
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