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

Welcome to episode 16 of season 5 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In ths episode you will meet, Naomi Drummond-Leslie who was born in St John, New Brunswick as were her Mom, Holly Drummond Giroux and her Dad, Reid Leslie. Naomi is a  direct descendant of Black Loyalists and granddaughter of activist Joseph Drummond. Naomi talks about taking a stand in Grade 7 after waiting years to learn about the rich Black history she knew her family was a part of.  

Welcome to episode 15 of season 5 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 Jane Braithwaite. Among other things, Jane talks about being a Black occasional teacher in Fenelon Falls and finding teachable moments when students asked about her skin colour. She also shares memories from the Port Dalhousie Emancipation Day Picnic.

Welcome to episode 14 of season 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 Jane Braithwaite who lives in Peterborough, ON. Jane's ancestors. have connection to Barbados, Sydney, NS and Milton ON which is a small hamlet west of Toronto. So many fascinating stories including that her grandmother was the first African Canadian visiting home maker in Toronto.

Welcome to episode 13 of season 5 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode, I talk with Calvin Lawrence  who was born in Yarmouth, NS. and grew up in Halifax. Calvin is a proud 7th generation African Nova Scotian who can trace his heritage to the Black Empire Loyalist. In 2019, along with journalist and activist Miles Howe, Calvin authored a Book “Black Cop”  which chronicles his trails and tribulations of being in law enforcement.

Welcome to episode 12 of season 5 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 Jennifer Dow as she shares her connection to and her travelling exhibition about the #2 Construction Battalion. Jennifer also discusses her text - Beyond Borders: Black Heritage in New Brunswick which is an  educational resource covering over 400 years of Black history in the province.

Welcome to season 5 episode 11 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In ths epidode you wll meet Jennifer Dow who was born in 1986 in Fredericton, NB and is a proud sixth generation African New Brunswicker. She can traced her heritage to the Black Loyalists who arrived in 1783 and served as part of the British military during the American Revolutionary War.

Welcome to season 5 episode 10 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In ths epidode you wll meet Clara Clayton Gough who was born in in Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia. Mrs Gough grew up in East Preston. Her ancestors came from Sierra Leone and brought the ribbed basket weaving tradition to NS. 

Clara is joined on the conversation with her granddaughter Tracy who is hoping to carry on the basket weaving tradition that Clara learned from her own grandmother.

Welcome to episode 9 of season 5 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 Judy Williams Graham.

In this episode, Judy shares stories of her mom working at the post office in the 1960s, going to celebrations of the Sleeping Car Porters Union with her dad, the Risbys - Aunt Edith and Uncle Andrew and so much more.

Welcome to episode 8 of season 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 Judy Williams Graham who was born in Edmonton, Alberta but grew up in Calgary and Vancouver.

Judy is a descendant of families that came to Canada during the Great Migration from the southern United States between 1900 and 1912. 

Welcome to episode 7 of season 5 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 Sheila White.

Sheila and I continue our conversations including about the book she has written, “The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White”, about her Nova Scotian parents’ interracial marriage in Toronto in 1947.