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Black History Beyond February — Black Cross Nurses

Black History Beyond February — Black Cross Nurses

By Yvonne SamContributing Columnist BackgroundThe Universal Negro Improvement Association, a Black nationalist organization, was founded in July 1914 by Marcus Garvey in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1916, Garvey moved to Harlem, in New York City, and two years later, established the ...

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Black Silvia Of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Black Silvia Of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Heroine of American Revolution’s worst privateer attack on a Nova Scotian community By Yvonne SamContributing Columnist It has been said that heroes are ordinary people, who are revealed in the midst of extraordinary circumstances. If this statement holds true, then ...

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