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Feb 6: In #TorontoDanforth the lives of Black Canadians, their struggles & successes runs deep. Look for some of their stories here over the next 28 days, then #AMPLIFY them the next 365 days #BHM 
Feb 6th of #BHM While we are able to celebrate the established beachhead of the Underground Railroad in #Leslieville do not forget or erase the fact that the Black slave trade was alive & prosperous in Canada via @cbctoronto HT @OBHistory @heritagetoronto https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-plaque-honours-black-community-that-helped-forge-the-identity-of-leslieville-1.5364692
While we are able to celebrate the established beachhead of the Underground Railroad in #Leslieville do not forget or erase the fact that the Black slave trade was alive & prosperous in Canada via @cbctoronto HT @OBHistory @heritagetoronto https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-plaque-honours-black-community-that-helped-forge-the-identity-of-leslieville-1.5364692
Feb 6th of #BHM But Canada’s history with slavery goes back much further. “We’re obscuring, falsifying and completely erasing in many instances a 200-year history & we’re enshrining a 30-yr history,” @mcgillu's Charmaine Nelson via @jforani HT @LanceTrevor https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/systemic-silence-canada-s-ignored-history-of-slavery-1.4980143
But Canada’s history with slavery goes back much further. “We’re obscuring, falsifying and completely erasing in many instances a 200-year history & we’re enshrining a 30-yr history,” @mcgillu's Charmaine Nelson via @jforani HT @LanceTrevor https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/systemic-silence-canada-s-ignored-history-of-slavery-1.4980143
Feb 6th of #BHM Canada's towns, parks and universities abound with statues and street signs that have immortalized our "founding fathers." But there is no sign of the men, women and children that some of these powerful men enslaved. via @Kyle_G_Brown https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/canada-s-slavery-secret-the-whitewashing-of-200-years-of-enslavement-1.4726313
Canada's towns, parks and universities abound with statues and street signs that have immortalized our "founding fathers." But there is no sign of the men, women and children that some of these powerful men enslaved. via @Kyle_G_Brown https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/canada-s-slavery-secret-the-whitewashing-of-200-years-of-enslavement-1.4726313
Feb 6th of #BHM 'The many faces of racism
From racial slurs to microaggressions, racism remains entrenched in Canadian society, and its root causes may reach further back than we think.' via @Kyle_G_Brown HT @afuacooper @brettrushforth @afrofuturist @mlynk https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/slavery-s-long-shadow-the-impact-of-200-years-enslavement-in-canada-1.4733595
'The many faces of racismFrom racial slurs to microaggressions, racism remains entrenched in Canadian society, and its root causes may reach further back than we think.' via @Kyle_G_Brown HT @afuacooper @brettrushforth @afrofuturist @mlynk https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/slavery-s-long-shadow-the-impact-of-200-years-enslavement-in-canada-1.4733595
Feb 6th of #BHM 'What we do really know about the history of black people in Canada? Sure, there’s the Underground Railroad & the jazz prowess of Oscar Peterson—but what else? How about 200 years of slavery in Canada' via @secretlifeofCAD HT @cbcpodcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s1-the-secret-life-of-birchtown/id1276337598?i=1000394092442
'What we do really know about the history of black people in Canada? Sure, there’s the Underground Railroad & the jazz prowess of Oscar Peterson—but what else? How about 200 years of slavery in Canada' via @secretlifeofCAD HT @cbcpodcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s1-the-secret-life-of-birchtown/id1276337598?i=1000394092442
Feb 6th of #BHM The @OBHistory wanted to illustrate how little time is spent on Black Canadian history in curriculum...it took a Grade 8 history textbook and blacked out everything except mentions of Black history... via @angelynsayshi #BlackedOutHistory https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/27/video-campaign-shows-how-much-black-history-is-taught-in-ontario-schools-not-much.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=BlackHIstoryGr8
The @OBHistory wanted to illustrate how little time is spent on Black Canadian history in curriculum...it took a Grade 8 history textbook and blacked out everything except mentions of Black history... via @angelynsayshi #BlackedOutHistory https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/27/video-campaign-shows-how-much-black-history-is-taught-in-ontario-schools-not-much.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=National&utm_content=BlackHIstoryGr8
