Tag Archives: Black History Month

Black History Month: Selections from Special Collections

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Anna St.Onge

This year for Black History Month, the libraries have highlighted a range of research materials that could assist students and faculty studying black history in Canada and beyond.
There is a display of materials on the first floor of the Scott … Continue reading →

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Black History Month featured fonds: Gerald A. Archambeau

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Anna St.Onge

One of most recent donations from the community is a small cache of documents relating to the life and family genealogy of Gerald A. Archambeau.
Gerald A. Archambeau is a Canadian citizen (b.1933) who emigrated from Jamaica to Montreal in 1947. … Continue reading →

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Black History Month featured fonds: Lee and Grace Lorch

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Anna St.Onge

Lee Lorch is a mathematician, social activist and a retired member of York University’s faculty.
From 1942-1943, Lorch worked as a mathematician for the US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He married Grace Lonergan, a school teacher from Boston on 24 … Continue reading →

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Black History Month featured fonds: Jean Augustine

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Anna St.Onge

Jean Augustine was the first female Member of Parliament of African descent to be elected to Parliament. As MP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Augustine sponsored the bill that officially recognized Black History Month on the federal level in the 1990s.  Her archives … Continue reading →

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