Black History Month in New Brunswick • Pickle Planet Moncton

Georgina Whetsel. Ralph Thomas. Eldridge Eatman. Lily Lynch.

These are just a few of the Black New Brunswick trailblazers Damon Levine mentions during our discussion about Black History Month 2021. You have to listen to learn more!

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Damon, who works with Saint John’s multicultural organization PRUDE, Inc & the New Brunswick Black Historical Society, also discusses the unveiling of Canada Post’s stamp commemorating the community of Willow Grove, as well as some other events & resources, including:

The Willow Grove stamp
Tomlinson Lake Hike To Freedom, North America’s Northernmost Route of the Underground Railroad
We Were Here online presentation
Black in the Maritimes podcast
New Brunswick Black Artists Alliance
Black History Month SPEAKER SERIES talks:
- Black Loyalists who Remained in Canada
- February 17, 2021, 11:00 am
- Stephen Davidson: Historian, Academic
- Abraham Beverley Walker (Canada’s first Black lawyer)
- February 17, 2021, 2:00 pm
- Peter Little: Historian, Entrepreneur
- Black Loyalists who Fled Canada
- February 19, 2021, 11:00 am
- Stephen Davidson: Historian, Academic
- The Underground Railroad in New Brunswick
- February 20, 2021, 2:00 pm
- Joe Gee: Historian, Entrepreneur
- The Herstory of Black Loyalists: Remembering Rose Fortune
- February 22, 2021, 6:00 pm
- Lily Lynch: Historian, Entrepreneur
- Experiences of Systemic Racism During a Human Rights Tribunal
- February 24, 2021, 2:00 pm
- Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt: Community Advocate, Activist, Historian, Researcher
- Own Your Story: Reshape Your History
- February 26, 2021, 12:00 pm
- Christine Eruokwu: Entrepreneur