| First Families Project Captures History of Vancouver’s Black Community
Sponsored by Vancouver NAACP Branch #113, the project involves hundreds of volunteers and donors, to identify, locate, and interview African-American families who settled in Vancouver during the wartime shipyard era and stayed to build a strong community there.
The primary goal of “First Families of Vancouver’s African-American Community: From World War II to the 21st Century” is to publish a book based on these interviews. The project was officially launched as a Black History Month event at a public reception last February at Community AME Zion Church in Vancouver. The book’s release is scheduled for Black History Month 2010. more
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