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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…
”Riverboat Coffee House”
”In the middle of Yorkville-- the center of Toronto's counterculture community. Famous musicians and bands performed here.”
”The Annex”
”Welcome to Blackhurst!”
”the Bermuda Tavern”
”One of the clubs opened during the calypso craze but also a safe space for West Indian people.”
”the West Indies Federation Club”
"The club’s founders—Harry Gairey; Kermit Lynn; Jim Moxley and Clarence Lucey—provided help to West Indian immigrants of all backgrounds helping clear the hurdles of the immigration process; recommending employment agencies or boarding houses; or…
”Universal Negro Improvement Association - Toronto Chapter”
”A charity organization focused on the black and West Indian community acted as a social gathering space with weekly dances and jam sessions with musicians from the 1920s to the 1940s and offered opportunities to socialize.”
”Varsity Stadium”
”The athletic stadium for the University of Toronto. Varsity was also the site for major concerts and music festivals.”
”YWCA McPhail House”
"Domestic workers from the West Indies established a Caribbean club in Toronto as early as 1958 holding weekly gatherings at the YWCA’s McPhail House to dance to calypso records—providing a burst of camaraderie and familiar culture in unfamiliar…
”Zanzibar”
”Part of the Yonge Street strip of bars/ taverns and clubs where musicians played every night.”
Contrast
”One of the first and the most influential newspapers in the Black Toronto community. Many prominient Caribbean-Canadian writers got their start here. ”