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The Forgotten Frontlines | Ep. 19

The Forgotten Frontlines | Ep. 19

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What's up y'all , in this episode we are going to check out the history of Black Canadians role in Word War 1.


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Sources

"Artifact: Black Canadian Soldier's Equipment." Canadian War Museum, warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1017212


"Black Battalion History." Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, www.bccns.com/our-history/black-battalion-history/


"Black Canadians." Veterans Affairs Canada, 25 Feb. 2020, www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/people-and-stories/black-canadians


"Black Canadians and the Military: Black Volunteers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 9 Sept. 2016, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-volunteers-in-the-canadian-expeditionary-force


"Black History in Canada, 1900–1960." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 7 Feb. 2017, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-history-in-canada-1900-1960


"Black History in Canada – No. 2 Construction Battalion." No. 2 Construction Battalion, www.no2-cef.ca/history/


"Challenges of the Black Canadian Experience." Library and Archives Canada, colab.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Challenges/Details/1027


"Construction Battalion: Black Soldiers from Pictou and the First World War." CBC News, 18 June 2017, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018


"OfficialW5." YouTube, 11 Feb. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtsKIlk76T8&ab_channel=OfficialW5


Ruck, Calvin W. The Black Battalion: 1916-1920: Canada's Best Kept Military Secret. 1925


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