Pasadena Celebrates Black History Month - 2021
2/1/21.
The City of Pasadena is celebrating Black History Month by recognizing the achievements and contributions of Black Americans and their central role in our nation’s history with virtual programs, events, and activities for all ages. Pasadena Public Library; the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department; and the Pasadena Black History Committee are offering a month-long series of programs in February. Library programming is sponsored by The Friends of the Pasadena Public Library. The Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department and Pasadena Black History Committee are holding events in lieu of Pasadena’s 39th Annual Black History Month Parade and Festival.
Black History Month begins, but more could be done: expert
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Black History Month was first observed in Canada 25 years ago
One expert says celebrating Black history, or anyone s history for that matter, should not be left to just four weeks
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Monday marks the start of Black History Month, an event that is all the more timely given the Black Lives Matter movement and the struggles of racialized communities around the world. It was first observed in Canada 25 years ago. However, one expert says celebrating Black history, or anyone else’s history for that matter, should not be left to just four weeks of the year.
A new online exhibit aims to highlight the contributions and history of Black pioneers in BC.
The exhibit features 20 stories, nine videos, and 86 gallery items that include images, photographs, maps, and archival documents and focuses on a group of 800 invited settlers and how they contributed to the formation and development of society in BC.
Silvia Mangue Alene, president of the BCBHAS, tells Daily Hive this history is not currently part of the curriculum in BC schools.
“We, my organization, go around asking to present the history in schools. Sometimes we are welcome and sometimes we are not. We hope that the Ministry of Education will at least have this history as an option in high schools so that youth that want to learn this history can have the option,” explains Alene.
Dec 28, 2020 - The exhibition details numerous historical milestones, developments, and contributions that Black people made in B.C.'s developing years.
New online exhibit puts spotlight on B.C. s Black pioneers
A new online exhibit spotlighting B.C. s Black pioneers has been created by the B.C. Black History Awareness Society with support from Digital Museums Canada.
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Exhibit is a creation by the B.C. Black History Awareness Society with support from Digital Museums Canada
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Posted: Dec 27, 2020 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: December 27, 2020
A composite of Black pioneers who arrived in British Columbia in the 1800s. (Beth Cruise/BC Black History Awareness Society)
A new online exhibit spotlighting B.C. s Black pioneers has been created by the B.C. Black History Awareness Society with support from Digital Museums Canada.