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Blackhurst Cultural Centre Commemorates the 10th Annual Underground Freedom Train Ride: “We’re Back on Track”

 

The Underground Freedom Train Ride and Emancipation Day Commemorations Still Matter…

Recently, Dr. Afua Cooper, Professor in the Sociology and Social Anthropology Department at Dalhousie University explained why issues around slavery and emancipation are still important. 

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A specific form of anti-black racism: Scholars want Canadian apology for slavery

Listen carefully for echoes and reverberations of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) as Blackhurst Managing Director Itah Sadhu regales you with a captivatingly told true story of the struggle to include the Jamaican Patty in Canadian popular culture

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