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 Caribbeans arrive in Canada not knowing about the long history of Black folks in Canada ..read more

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 how she is reclaiming that. Michelle says there were many who supported her along the way, including some teachers who she still has fonds memories of.  ..read more

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 British slave owner.  ..read more

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 ..read more

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 and "passed". Among other things, Michael also talks about "Driving Down Home" every summer for clams and chips, dulse, gooseberries, and good "baloney ..read more

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 Community Centre helped keep him, his siblings, and other Black children off the street and occupied ..read more

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 be ..read more

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 the whole continent of Africa as her home. . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-paris/message ..read more

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-paris/message ..read more

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-paris/message ..read more