Welcome to Season 4, episode 6 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this, part 2 of our conversation, Evie Auchinvole talks about Black History in Hamilton and surrounding areas, how important the church is to Black communities, and why it's important, especially for young people, that our stories be told. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-paris/message

Welcome to Season 4, episode 5 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Evie Auchinvole. In this episode, Evie shares the pieces of her family tree that she knows and talks about how some of her ancestors came from Germany to Hamilton while others came to Donkin, Nova Scotia from Barbados and then Hamilton. As Evie said, "Well, sit back because I'm going to tell you a marvellous story." ---...

Welcome to another episode of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Anne Rockhead who was born in Montreal, Quebec and was married to Kenny, the son of Rufus Rockhead the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, a famous nightclub in Montreal. Anne has a lot to share about the Union United Church and the Negro Community Centre both important places for Montreal's Black Communities. --- Send in a voice...

Welcome to Season 4 and episode 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you will meet Ona May Allen who was born in 1925 in Raleigh Township in North Buxton. I want to thank Moe Knaus for introducing us to Ona May and for hanging with us at Ona May's house the day of the interview. We had such a good time with great laughs and a few tears. --- Send in a voice message:...

Welcome to Season 4, episode 2 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Percy Paris. Percy talks about the systemic racism in the sport of hockey and what a big part hockey has played in his family members lives. He also talks about the lack of attention paid to African Nova Scotia stories and that even though the government of Nova Scotia has given an apology to Africville residents and...

Welcome to Season 4 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. It's been an amazing year travelling across Canada and meeting so many incredible Black folks who were willing to share their stories and those of their ancestors. We have now interviewed and photographed folks from all 10 provinces. New year, our intention is to visit the territories. Episode 1 of this new season, features Percy Paris from Windsor, Nova Scotia. Percy had...

Welcome to episode 15 and the final one of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode you meet Lezlie Harper, founder of Niagara Bound Tours. Lezlie was  born in Fort Erie and is a fifth generation descendant of freedom seekers who arrived in Niagara in 1850. Thanks for tuning in, be sure to check out other episodes, and join us in the fall for Season 4. --- Send in a voice message:...

Welcome to episode 14 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode, I continue my conversation with Cheryl Tynes who we met in Kamloops, British Columbia in July 2022. Cheryl shared about the life of her brother who was a renowned tattooist. Cheryl also talked more about her love of history and why teaching Black History to young people is so important. --- Send in a voice message:...

Welcome to episode 13 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is part 1 of my conversation with Cheryl Tynes Martin. David and I were visiting my Aunt Louise, Uncle Bill and cousin Marie in Kamloops last summer and checked out a "Down Home Kitchen Party" music event one afternoon where we met Cheryl and her husband Lesra. We exchanged contact info and a few days later Cheryl and I sat down to talk about what she...

Welcome to episode 12 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Shayna Jones by Carol Lafayette-Boyd last summer when travelling west. I interviewed Shayna over Zoom from her home in Kaslo, British Columbia. Shayna is an award winning, professional, performance artist specializing in the traditional oral storytelling of African and Afro-Diasporic folklore. Shayna is also the...

Welcome to episode 11 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I interviewed Valerie Jerome over Zoom while travelling west last summer. We managed to travel to Vancouver a few weeks later and Valerie invited us to her home and made us an amazing brunch. She also shared photos and other archival materials of her and her brother Harry's time in the Canadian Championship Games, the 1959 Pan-American Games, and the 1960...

InTheBlack:Canada and DeeP Visions Media are pleased to present the fourth interview in our series titled, "Black Canadians - Be Inspired". Meet Devon MD Jones who, along with a group of three other athletes, coached by Super Bowl Champion Luke Willson, is competing on CBC's Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Be ready to be inspired as you listen to Devon share her parent's experiences of moving from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to Winnipeg, Manitoba, how she has learned that her story matters,...

Welcome to episode 10 of Season 3 of  the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I reached out to Leander Lane during our across Canada trip over the summer of 2022 after Carol LaFayette-Boyd told me he would be a good person to talk to about Black history in Saskatchewan and the Prairies. Leader has done extensive research into his ancestors journeys in the late 1800s and early 1900s from the United States to Canada. Leander is the...

InTheBlack:Canada and DeeP Visions Media are pleased to present the third interview in our series titled, "Black Canadians - Be Inspired". Meet Meaux Redhead who, along with a group of three other athletes, coached by Olympic speed skater Gilmore Junio, is competing on CBC's Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Be ready to be inspired as you listen to Meaux share her family's experience of immigrating to Canada from Grenada, her lifelong love of sports, and her participation on Canada's Ultimate...

InTheBlack:Canada and DeeP Visions Media are pleased to present the second interview in our series titled, "Black Canadians - Be Inspired". Meet Zalie Tshuma who, along with a group of three other athletes, coached by Olympic speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes, is competing on CBC's Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Be ready to be inspired as you listen to Zalie share her experiences as a ten year old immigrating to Canada from Zimbabwe with her family, her love of athletics as a young Black...

InTheBlack:Canada and DeeP Visions Media are pleased to present the first interview in our series titled "Black Canadians - Be Inspired". Meet Kate Fabien-Ferrol who, along with a group of three other athletes, coached by former Olympian, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), water poloist Waneek Horn-Miller, is competing on CBC's Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Be ready to be inspired as you listen to Kate share her family's journey from the Caribbean country of Dominica to Yellowknife, NWT, her experiences...

Welcome to episode 9 of Season 3 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode, I continue my conversation with Cheryl Foggo who was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Cheryl shares more of her family's history, what life was like for her growing up in Calgary including the racism she saw happening around her, and how she came to fall in love with and tell the story of John Ware and his family. --- Send in a voice...

I am so pleased to welcome you to  episode 8 of Season 3 of the  I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I was very fortunate to spend time with Cheryl Foggo during our across Canada trip over the summer of 2022. Cheryl was very generous with her family stories, her time, and the sharing of her own experiences of growing up Black in Calgary.  She had so much to share that I will bring it to you in 2 parts. In this first part, Cheryl talks...

I met Charlotte Williams (nee Mayes) during the summer 0f 2022 while travelling across Canada and am so pleased for her story to be episode 7 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. Charlotte was born in North Battleford, Saskachewan on October 31, 1965.  Charlotte’s paternal great-grandparents, Joseph and Mattie Mayes, led a group of Black families from the U.S. state of Oklahoma in 1910 to Canada and were some of the...

Welcome to episode 6 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I met Dr. McNeil in Indian Head Saskatchewan during the unveiling of an installation, recognizing and honouring the Indian Head Rockets. This was an all Black baseball team that was part of a league that played in the prairies in the late 40s and early 50s and who were inducted into Saskatchewan's Sports Hall of Fame in 2022. Dr. McNeil came to Canada at the...

I met Debbie Beaver during our across Canada trip during the summer of 2022 when Debbie, her cousin Myrna, and her brother Paul took us to visit their family's original homesteads and to other Black Historical sites.  I am so pleased that her story is episode 5 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. Debbie was born in Barrhead (120 Km NW of Edmonton) Alberta in 1952 and raised on a farm along with her 5 siblings....

Welcome to episode 4 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I interviewed Noku during our across Canada trip during the summer of 2022. Noku was born February 4th, 1997 in Zimbabwe as were her parents - Siziwe and Anthony Mpofu. Noku moved to Canada in 2001 when she was 4. Her family lived in Hamilton and Burlington, ON until 2010 and then moved to Fort McMurray. Noku is attending The Kings University in Edmonton, AB...

Welcome to episode 3 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I interviewed Zachariah during our across Canada trip during the summer of 2022. Zachariah is Afro-Indigenous and was born on July 10, 1998 in Thunder Bay Ontario. His mother was also born in Thunder Bay and his father was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. During our  conversation, Zachariah talked about growing up Black and Indigenous, the racism he faced in hockey,...

Welcome to episode 2 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I interviewed Carol over Zoom back in the spring of 2022 and finally got to meet her and some of her family members in person during our travels west this past summer. Carol was born on a farm near McGee, Saskatchewan and shared wonderful memories of growing up there. She was born to descendants of those who came to Canada in 1906 from Iowa and 1910 from...