It’s hard to believe it has been 5 years since the #BookofNegroes miniseries based on #LawrenceHill’s best-selling novel aired for the first time on CBC. It became the highest rated Canadian tv drama in 25 years - since #AnneofAvonlea. https://twitter.com/CBCOttawa/status/560205808819257344
If you ever have a chance to look into the papers of #LawrenceHill's father, Dan Hill Sr., at Library & Archives Canada in #Ottawa, you'll understand what an extraordinary person Lawrence's mother, #DonnaMaeHill, was. She should be remembered as a Canadian civil rights hero.
About 25 yrs.ago I had the good fortune to spend an entire summer poring through the papers of #LawrenceHill’s dad, Dan Hill Sr. at Library & Archives Canada in #Ottawa. If you are a historian or researcher of African-Canadian history it is a remarkable treasure trove.
#LawrenceHill comes from a remarkable family. His father was Ontario’s Ombudsman, 1st director of the Ont. Human Rights commission & a pioneering African-Canadian historian. His mom was a civil rights activist,his brother is singer Dan Hill & his sister Karen was a poet/novelist
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