Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. And, with this in mind, WR is focusing on artists of Afro-Caribbean descent for this month’s podcast.
Recognizing Black History Month
The commemoration of Black History Month dates back to 1926 when Harvard-educated African American historian Carter G. Woodson proposed setting aside a time devoted to honour the accomplishments of African Americans and to heighten awareness of Black history in the United States. This led to the establishment of Negro History Week in 1926. Celebrations of Black history began in Canada also shortly thereafter. During the early 1970s, the week became known as Black History Week. It was expanded into Black History Month in 1976.
In December 1995, the House of Commons officially recognized February as Black History Month in Canada following a motion introduced by the first Black Canadian woman elected to Parliament, the Honourable Jean Augustine. The motion was carried unanimously by the House of Commons.
In February 2008, Senator Donald Oliver, the first Black man appointed to the Senate, introduced the Motion to Recognize Contributions of Black Canadians and February as Black History Month. It received unanimous approval and was adopted on March 4, 2008. The adoption of this motion completed Canada’s parliamentary position on Black History Month.
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Good morning!
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Hello hello! Thanks for the new podcast WR!
Hey ho there! It’s a Monday! Woo-hoo!
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You say goodbye
And I say hello…
(© Lennon-McCartney)
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I enjoyed the WR podcast. You deserve a cookie.
Cookie from me too!
I are back
If people keep giving him cookies we will have to change his name to Tame Raccoon
Welcome back. He seems pretty tame already.
I was in the local paper this weekend. Not a very flattering picture and my costume will be a bit different but it is what it is.
http://leaderpost.com/entertainment/local-arts/a-classic-farce-regina-little-theatre-presenting-drinking-habits
How does one go about getting a signed copy of that?
Nice!
How fun!
Hi again! I came into work this morning to discover I was being moved to a desk on a different floor. Move is complete and now I have a window seat, so I can’t complain.
Haha not sure about that Garf.
Congrats on the window seat Janet!
Break a leg Dar, or should we say Mother Superior?
Congrats on the new office Janet.
Yes I go by Mother Superior these days. Ha! Thanks Scott!
“Mother Superior jumped the gun” (x4)
I will have to go listen to that now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBS4lsMwHCw
@Janet, Contrats on the new desk
dar, on Youtube, there’s an excellent live+dubbed version, done as a some kind of promo or something. The sound quality is really good. It’ll pop up if you just summon Beatles and Revolution.
Incidentally, a cure to “You’re posting too fast…”, at least for me, often consists simply in “backscreening” once (no effect), twice (no effect), thrice — and voilà!, it resets the site — with my original comment included.
Magic.
dar, “your” version up there is a cover by Lash 570.
My recommendation is for Revolution. Slippage!
So it is. Hmm
Apparently, Apple is pretty fast at putting up copyright violations against people’s postings of Beatles stuff. I think they (Apple, Beatles) have their own Vevo channel.
Who talked my into watching Murdoch Mysteries!? I can’t stop watching them even when I need to get some sleep.
Hey, WR, this wasn’t you, was it?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/raccoon-that-chased-toronto-man-believed-to-be-infected-1.3798842
I certainly hope it wasn’t as it has been euthanized!
Oh shit, I didn’t even read that far. Poor Wild Raccoon. Goodnight, sweet prince…
Trying to post from my phone to say there is a new Dan Mangan single out today!!