Black History Museum

Black Canadians have made so many changes and contribution to our history. They have changed the way people think about Black people. They have led the path for many Black Canadians and have been an inspiration for many.

My classmates and I have spent many weeks to demonstrate the real lives of Black Canadians, including all the struggles they faced. That is important to know because life wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for the Black Canadians.

My topic was Africville. I know some of you don't know what Africville is. Well, I don't blame you. Things like this are usually not taught in school. Africville was an example of racism in Canada. Africville was a place that slaves escaped from the USA to live peacefully. It was peaceful and quite prosperous early on. There were many stores and businesses. But, the government of Halifax, Nova Scotia didn't care about letting them live in peace. They added unwanted businesses to Africville such as the city dump, a prison and a railroad extension. The residents of Africville were also taxed but weren't given any services. They didn't have any sewers, paved roads or running water.

I learned a lot from this experience. Before, I thought that Canada realized that racism was bad so they banned slavery. But after I learned that even after slavery was abolished racism was continued. Growing up we didn't learn a lot about Black Canadians. I also learned and had lots of fun setting up a green screen video for it. We had lots of trouble trying to film and edit. There were many obstacles in our way but we made it through and had an amazing video to present.

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