Ontario Black History Society

Founded in 1978, the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS), is the organization in Canada that is at the forefront in the celebration of Black history and heritage with a demonstrated record in the study, preservation and promotion of Black history in Ontario. The OBHS is also the only Ontario Provincial Heritage Organization of the Ministry of Culture devoted to Black history and heritage.

Topics

Community and Social Life Culture, Heritage and Arts Education Family and Domestic Life Freedom Seekers and Migration History Historical Achievements, Figures, and Biography Military Service and War Efforts Oppression, Activism, and Resistance

Collection includes:

  • Photograph
  • Posters
  • Newspaper
  • Illustrations
  • Postcards
  • Webinar
  • Interview

Archive address

Ontario Black History Society

10 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 1J3

The Archive

Denham Jolly 2013 Lincoln Alexander 2013 Jean Augustine 2013 Elijah McCoy 2013 Thornton and Lucie Blackburn 2013 William Peyton Hubbard 2013 Freedom Seekers Poster 2014 Poster - MIdnight Journey 2014 Poster - Why Would You Want To Escape 2014 Poster – Celebrating Legacies: Women of The Underground Railroad – Caroline Quarlls Watkin 2014 Poster – Celebrating Legacies: Women of The Underground Railroad – Harriet Tubman 2014 Congregation Infront of Church 2014 Madrigal Singers of St. Catherines B.M.E. Church 2014 Helen Smith 2014 Illustration – Enduring Slavery 2019 Poster of School Children With Teacher 2019 Josiah Henson and Unnamed Woman 2019 Toronto Reggae Routes 2019 Green Sisters 2019 Willie O'Ree 2019 Dr. Agnes Calliste 2018 Africville Stamp 2018 Black Militia 2018 Leslieville's Forgotten Underground Railroad 2018 Poster - One More River to Cross 2018 He'll Fight For Little Guy - Toronto Sun Newspaper 2017 Dr. Daniel G. and Lincoln Alexander 2017 Daniel G. Hill 2017 Daniel G. Hill in WWII Army Uniform 2017 Stanley Grizzle, Lorraine Hubbard, Wilson Brooks, Rella Braithwaite and Roy McMurtry 2017 Toronto Gets First Negro Teacher 2017 Wilson Brooks 2017 RCAF Pilot Officer Wilson Brooks in England during The Second World War 1943 Leonard Braithwaite 2017 Canada's first Black Parliamentarian Leonard Braithwaite 2017 Mary Amelia Lightfoot Taylor 2017 The BME Church in Canada's 1964 letter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2017 Group of Persons Infront of a Car 2017 Hubbard Portable Oven Poster 2017 Against All odds: The Story of William Peyton Hubbard Black Leader and Municipal Reformer 2017 Black Soldiers Stamp 2017 Herbert Carnegie 2016 Lonnie Johnson 2016 No. 2 Construction Battalion 2016 Second Large Conference to he held in new Glasgow 2015 Rev. Thomas C. Oliver 2014 BME Church conference 1913 Group of clergy 1920 Nathaniel Dett 2014 OBHS Presents: A conversation with Lawrence Hill 2022 Black History Month Speaker Series 2022 Speaker Series: Part 1 2022 OBHS Black History Month Kick-Off 2022 #EmancipationDayCanada 2021 Toronto Carnival Timeline 2021 #EmancipationDayCanada - Pre-Show 2021 OBHS Black History Speaker Series - Stories of the African Diaspora 2021 Amherstburg Freedom Museum Tour 2021 Black History Speaker Series: Black History Marks These Places 2021 Black History Month Speaker Series 2021 Black History Month Kick-Off Part 1 2021 Black History Month Kick-Off Part 2 2021 Black History Month Kick-Off Full Recap 2021 Leaders of Tomorrow Conference 2021 Black History featuring Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site 2021 #BlackedOutHistory | Ontario Black History Society 2021 OBHS Emancipation Day 2021 Mary Ann Shadd 2019 John Ware - The Black Cowboy from Alberta 2019 Share Their Story - Viola Desmond 2019 Share Their Story - Rufus Rockhead 2019 Share Their Story - Elijah McCoy 2019 Share Their Story - Introduction 2019 Share Their Story - Mary Ann Shadd 2019 Dr. Daniel & Donna Hill 2023 Lucie & Thornton Blackburn 2023 Lincoln Alexander 2023 Joe Fortes 2023 Black Settlers in Saskatchewan and Alberta 2023 Enslavement In Canada: Early 1600s to 1834 2023 The Black Loyalists 2023 Caribbean Migration 2023 Hogan’s Alley 2023 Current African Migration to Canada 2023 Rella Aylestock Braithwaite 2023 Leonard A. Braithwaite 2023 Dr. Daurene Lewis 2023 Nelson Mandela 2023 Robert "Mark" Smith 2023 Deborah Brown 2023 Kevin Junor 2023 Reverend Gordon Francis and Reverend Lily Francis 2023
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