Black History in Canada is also not covered well at all, imo... (Reply #10)

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Fri Jul 3, 2015, 08:51 PM

Spazito (36,110 posts)

10. Black History in Canada is also not covered well at all, imo...

I did find this fascinating piece "A Quick History of Black Canadians"

I didn't know much of what is covered in this piece and found it very interesting:

http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/news.php/news/30

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