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Every goodbye ain't gone

February 16, 2010
| Salt Spring Island on the B.C, coast is home to over 50 Black people. The history of Black people on the island is the subject of a photographic narrative by Evelyn C. White and Joanne Bealy.
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Blacks on Salt Spring Island

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Location

Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street Alma VanDusen Room, Lower Level
Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1
Canada
Phone: 604-331-4041
49° 16' 46.938" N, 123° 6' 56.25" W

In celebration of the diversity of British Columbia, the Vancouver Public Library will present a reading from and discussion of Every goodbye ain't gone: A photo narrative of black heritage on Salt Spring Island by Evelyn C. White and Joanne Bealy.

Released to wide acclaim, the book is the first to document the historic and contemporary presence of a thriving black community that has existed on Salt Spring for 150 years. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, contact Dancing Crow Press at dancingcrowpress@gmail.com.

 

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