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  • Tags: 1970s

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“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…

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"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…

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”Annual Caribbean parade and festival that took place along University Avenue on August Civic Holiday weekend.”

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”one of the largest public high schools in Toronto provided education for first and second generation new Canadians in the Annex community.”

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”Roman’s N Care is the full-service beauty salon that gives: Service out of this world!”

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”The bakery fed the community since the late 1970's and originally sold bakery products including patties/ hardo bread/ Jamaican bun and coco bread.”

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”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.”

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”Neighbourhoods like Toronto’s Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada.”

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”Caribana featuring A Tribe Called Quest; Shabba Ranks; Jungle Brothers; Burning Spear and more.”

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"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…
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