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Too Black Guys
”The name was derived from Malcolm X’s 'Message to the Grass Roots' speech. Inspired by the 'do for self' sentiment of early 90’s hip hop… Too Black…
Eglinton Avenue West
Jamaicans and other members of the growing black community settled in this area during the sixties and seventies and developed a small business class. Many music stores; grocery stores; bars; beauty salons; barbershops; restaurants and stores…
”Little Jamaica”
"The stretch of small businesses on Eglinton Avenue West from Allen Road to Dufferin Street are a part of a Black Caribbean community called 'Little Jamaica.' From the mass migration of Jamaicans and other Anglo-Caribbean citizens to Canada from the…
”The Annex”
”Welcome to Blackhurst!”
”Bathurst Station”
“Bathurst subway station was the original hangout. I recall [when] the TTC put up 'No Loitering' signs and had a police presence there to move along the gathering of Black folk. It was natural. Black kids from Central Tech walked to the station after…
”Kensington Market”
”Neighbourhoods like Toronto’s Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada.”
”Bloor Street West”
"One of the main east-west thoroughfares in Toronto -- a large part of the Black Caribbean community settled in this area. The Annex has attracted many waves of immigrants from Italians/ Jews/ Koreans/ Portugeuse and more. Black people have also…