I Am Black History (ITBC) - Our Stories, Our Voices

Welcome to Season 4, episode 21 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Adrienne Johnson who was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. In this part of our conversation, Adrienne shares her work and studies of Black Canadian art and artists of the early 1900s. She also talks about the generosity an...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 20 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Adrienne Johnson  where she shares with us what she knows about her family’s history, her traumatizing interaction with Montreal police, and gives us a history lesson about the migration of Black peoples to Quebec.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 19 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. In this, Part 2 of our conversation, Issac shares how being a part of both Black and Indigenous Cultures is tough but also a blessing. how much he loves his momma, his time at Brickworks, and how important it is for all of us to take care of this planet we call ho...

Welcome to Season 4 , episode 18 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is part 1 of my conversation with Isaac Crosby who is a Black/Ojibwa agricultural expert with a passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge of Indigenous food systems. Isaac is a member  of a large family from the Ojibwas of Anderdon, a pre-confederation...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 17 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Michelle J Buckle where she talks about learning or not learning about Black History in Alberta, the conversations she has with her sisters about what their mother and grandmothers might have gone through, and how Afro Caribb...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 16 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Michelle J Buckle. Michelle shares the journey of her family from Jamaica to England to Canada. Michelle also shares how much of her culture, language,  and self she has lost because of the racism her family encountered and h...

Welcome to Season 4 episode 15 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Karen Toliver-Springer. Karen is the 6th generation of her family  in Hamilton. Karen has a rich Canadian history and on her mother’s side, it starts with John Slaughter who in 1781 in Halifax, NS was given his freedom papers by his Br...

Welcome to Season 4 episode 14 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. In this, Part 2 of our conversation, Michael Jarvis, who was born in Montreal, talks about Sam Langford, navigating blackness, more about his Uncle Bub, Angela James, and the importance of getting Black stories told.

Welcome to Season 4 episode 13 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. In this, Part 1 of our conversation, Michael, who was born in Montreal, talks about the many facets of his family and how they came to find themselves in Nova Scotia. He shares about his mixed race Great, Great Grandfather Deacon William Barton who served in WW1 an...

Welcome to Season 4 episode 12 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. I told Pearl Lawrence that her family is the poster family for Black Canadian history. Her story stretches from across the United States to Oklahoma to Campsie Alberta and from India to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with Hogan's Alley in Vancouver, BC thrown in...

Welcome to Season 4 episode 11  of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media.  I had a great time talking with Kimble Sherwood in the Nelson Mandela room at the Union Untied Church in Montreal, Quebec. Kimble talks about growing up in Little Burgundy in Montreal, his love of music that was encouraged by his mother, and how the Negro Communi...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 10 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Lynn Jones. Lynn shares her experience of taking a stand against the Black United Front, raising funds to help Black communities during Covid, and how the Lynn Jones African Canadian and Diaspora Heritage Collection came to...

Welcome to episode 9 of Season 4 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Lynn Jones. Among other topics, Lynn shares the history of her father's family from Kentucky to Preston to Jollytown and then Truro and her mother's family from Guysborough to Truro. Lynn also shares why she claims...

This is episode 8 of Season 4 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media.  I had so much fun talking with Reverend Blair Dixon who grew up in Union Place in Saint John, New Brunswick. He says that growing up Black and poor was a blessing. He also says, he doesn't need a movement to tell him he matters; he knew he was loved and mattered...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 7 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media.  Tina Pippy was born in Newfoundland and is on a journey to find her true self. She and grew up in a white family and though she knew she was different, no one in her family would acknowledge her full identity.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 6 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media.  In this, part 2 of our conversation, Evie Auchinvole talks about Black History in Hamilton and surrounding areas, how important the church is to Black communities, and why it's important, especially for young people, that our stories be told.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 5 of the   I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media.  This is Part 1 of my conversation with Evie Auchinvole. In this episode, Evie shares the pieces of her family tree that she knows and talks about how some of her ancestors came from Germany to Hamilton while others came to Donkin, Nova Scotia from Barbados and...

Welcome to another episode of the  I Am Black History  podcast brought to you by  InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC)  and  DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Anne Rockhead who was born in Montreal, Quebec and was married to Kenny, the son of Rufus Rockhead the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, a famous nightclub in Montreal. Anne has a lot to share about the Union United Church and the Negro...

Welcome to Season 4 and episode 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Ona Mae Morrisn Allen who was born in 1925 in Raleigh Township in North Buxton. I want to thank Moe Knaus for introducing us to Ona Mae and for hanging with us at Ona Mae's house the day of the interview. We had such a good time wi...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 2 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Percy Paris. Percy talks about the systemic racism in the sport of hockey and what a big part hockey has played in his family members lives. He also talks about the lack of attention paid to African Nova Scotia stories and that...

Welcome to Season 4 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. It's been an amazing year travelling across Canada and meeting so many incredible Black folks who were willing to share their stories and those of their ancestors. We have now interviewed and photographed folks from all 10 provinces. New year, our intention is to visit the t...

Welcome to episode 15 and the final one of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you meet Lezlie Harper, founder of Niagara Bound Tours. Lezlie was  born in Fort Erie and is a fifth generation descendant of freedom seekers who arrived in Niagara in 1850. Thanks for tuning in, be sure to check out other episod...

Welcome to episode 14 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media . In this episode, I continue my conversation with Cheryl Tynes who we met in Kamloops, British Columbia in July 2022. Cheryl shared about the life of her brother who was a renowned tattooist. Cheryl also talked more about her love of history and why teaching Black...

Welcome to episode 13 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is part 1 of my conversation with Cheryl Tynes Martin. David and I were visiting my Aunt Louise, Uncle Bill and cousin Marie in Kamloops last summer and checked out a "Down Home Kitchen Party" music event one afternoon where we met Cheryl and her h...

Welcome to episode 12 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Shayna Jones by Carol Lafayette-Boyd last summer when travelling west. I interviewed Shayna over Zoom from her home in Kaslo, British Columbia. Shayna is an award winning, professional, performance artist specializing in...