Video: Canadian Evolution of Black Rights 1950-2010

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 Many students mentioned how they would have liked to hear about what what happened after Boyko left off at WWII.  Kyle Kipp explores the stories of several icons of the black Canadian community from the 1950's to today.  

1960 - Harry Jerome had a strong athletic presence in the '60s.  Fastest man and one of Canada's best-known athletes. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatoon and residing in Vancouver, he managed to win a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics and even a gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He also had a world record of of 10 seconds in the 100-metre sprint.
1970 - Senator Anne Cools was summoned to the senate in January 1984 upon the recommendation of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau which made her the first black Senator in North America - a big deal! In June 2004, after 20 years as a liberal Senator, she was a conservative for a bit and now has no affiliation.
1980 - Rosemary Brown, originally from Jamaica, attended McGill and was elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1972 but more importantly, served as the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and was a founding member of the Vancouver Status of Women Council and the Canadian Women's Foundation.
1990 - Lincoln M. Alexander was the first member of a visible minority to serve as the queen's representative in Canada. After being Ontario's 24th Lieutenant Governor, he became chancellor of the University of Guelph. He was also chair of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and was eventually made Honourary Commissioner for the International Year of Older Persons Ontario celebrations.   
2000 - Michael Lee-Chin is an example of a very wealthy man who earned his fortune, as he began selling mutual funds and eventually bought Advantage Investments Counsel, one of the country's biggest mutual-fund companies with assets of more than 12 billion dollars. He was also known as a philanthropist and made a generous donation of $30 million to the Royal Ontario Museum.

Please find here a link to my video/photo compilation entitled TheCanadian Evolution of Black Rights 1950-2010. It is a portrayal of theaforementioned black Canadian heroes along with a touch of Americaninspiration: Martin Luther King’s famous dream speech.