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Third World Bookstore
"'The bookstore... which the militant radical and railway porter Leonard Johnston had opened with his wife Gwendolyn less than a year earlier...…
”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…
”Canadian National Exhibition”
"Night of sparkling soul. Thousands jammed the grandstand at the Canadian National Exhibition last night to hear performer Whitney Houston. Houston: first cousin to Dionne Warwick: was a sometime protege of soul great Aretha Franklin. Houston has…
”Cedarbrook Park”
”First official EastSide Park Jam."
”Central Technical High School”
”one of the largest public high schools in Toronto provided education for first and second generation new Canadians in the Annex community.”
”Dudley's Beauty Center”
”Roman’s N Care is the full-service beauty salon that gives: Service out of this world!”
”Honest Ed's”
”A landmark for tourists and an entertaining shopping experience for all. Honest Ed's was a one-of-a-kind bargain centre that had everything from wine to twine.”
”Jamaican Canadian Association”
”The Jamaican-Canadian Association was founded in 1962 by a group of Jamaicans then living in Toronto. The impetus for the creation of the association was the emergence of Jamaica from colonial status to becoming an independent nation in August
”Kensington Market”
”Neighbourhoods like Toronto’s Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada.”
”Lamport Stadium”
”Caribana featuring A Tribe Called Quest; Shabba Ranks; Jungle Brothers; Burning Spear and more.”
”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…