Black History

Black History is not only Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks but… kings and queens from Egypt and Africa, abolitionists, politician, educators, Olympic athletes and more.

The goal of Vision ‘N’ Vibe Promotions is to use Black History Month as an educational vehicle to celebrate black history with the community at large.

Quick facts

• Before Rosa Parks there was Claudette Colvin. Claudette was 15 years old and arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger.

• Under federal court order, New Orleans public schools were finally forced to desegregate. On Nov. 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges started first grade at William Frantz Public School, an all-white school.

•Mary Ann Shadd believed in the power of education. She was the first woman to publish a newspaper in Windsor.

• Rev. John C. Holland was the son of an escaped slave and Mayor Lloyd D. Jackson, pinned Holland with the Man of the year award in 1953.

• The Honourable Lincoln Alexander was the first black Canadian member of Parliament and was elected to the House of Commons in 1968 and was later appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in 1985.

• McMaster University Professor Gary Warner was Hamilton’s citizen of the year in 2006.

Vision ‘N’ Vibe Promotions invites the community to celebrate black history.