http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3532/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/prince-edward-islands-rich-black-history-ignored/33057 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Government website silent on Black History Month </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/43243082_614.jpg" alt="" title="Black Islanders, by Jim Hornby, describes some of the black islanders who shaped PEI&#039;s early black history. This year Black History Month is not even mentioned on the Government&#039;s website. " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - It appears the Prince Edward Island government does not consider Black History Month, or African Heritage Month, to be that big a deal.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/prince-edward-islands-rich-black-history-ignored/33057" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/prince-edward-islands-rich-black-history-ignored/33057#comments Robert Devet Black history month Jim Hornby Prince Edward Island Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:58:20 +0000 Robert DeVet 33057 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/black-presence-halifax-profound/16422 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Photography exhibit chronicles African-Canadian culture, history </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/kateguy_themoosewoman.jpg" alt="" title="Untitled (Kate Guy), Photographer Unknown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Digital Print, c. 1900 (Photo courtesy of Pier 21)." width="450" height="598" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2001_121.jpg" alt="" title="Confessions of an Invisible Sister, Rebecca Fisk (b. Canada), Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Collection, Mixed media on canvas, 2001 (Photo courtesy of Pier 21)." width="450" height="724" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/shyronn2.jpg" alt="" title="Puddle of Teardrops, Shyronn Smardon (b. Canada), Africville Heritage Trust, Resin and three dimensional printing, 2011 (Photo courtesy of Pier 21)." width="450" height="450" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Halifax boasts the oldest Black community in Canada.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/black-presence-halifax-profound/16422" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/black-presence-halifax-profound/16422#comments Evelyn C. White Arts African-Canadian African-Nova Scotian Black history month Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:38:13 +0000 Editor 16422 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca