Century Downs hosted a nine-race card that featured the return of Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) to the oval. Shark Week had four weeks of rest heading into the Preferred pace. He was assigned post position seven, but that did not bother the five-year-old pacer. He got to the front as quickly as possible and never
Posted: Apr 25, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: April 25
We don t know exactly what Lulu Anderson looked like, but we know she is an early example of a Black Canadian refusing to accept systemic racism.(Brnesh Berhe)
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
In May 1922, Lulu Anderson walked down the bright streets of Jasper Avenue in Edmonton toward the Metropolitan Theatre. She held a ticket for The Lion and The Mouse, a play that was reported as taking the city by storm.