Media

Broadcasts

• Grave of first Canadian-born Black lawyer finally gets headstone in Saint John, CBC, June 25, 2021
• Tombstone finally marks grave of New Brunswick’s first Black lawyer, CTV News, June 24, 2021
• N.B. Black History Society opens new heritage centre in Saint John, N.B. CTV News, May 27, 2021
• New Canada Post stamp honours Black settlers to Willow Grove, N.B., Global News, Jan 21, 2021
• Interview with NBBHS Co-Founding Member & Projects Coordinator Ralph Thomas about the new Canada Post stamp honouring Willow Grove, one of New Brunswick’s first Black settlements, CBC Radio (mp3), Nov. 17, 2020
• ‘Racist’ road name in Kings County changed, CBC, April 20, 2016
• Black History Society marks 200th anniversary of HMS Regulus, CBC, May 26, 2015
• Black Settlement Burial Ground upgrades will start in June, CBC, May 22, 2015
• N.B. community first in British North America to forbid slavery, CTV, Feb. 26, 2015
• Fly Boys: A radio documentary about Black Saint John, the Coloured People’s Association and relations between Black Saint Johners and the Black American airmen who came to town in the 1950s and 1960s, CBC Radio documentary (mp3), Dec. 14, 2010

Online Only

• First Canadian Black lawyer commemorated in speaker series, The Aquinian (St. Thomas University), Feb. 21, 2021
• Black History Month: bridge renamed to honour Charlotte Watson, N.B. Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, N.B. Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Feb. 17, 2021
• BLM Fredericton launches bursary for Black students at two New Brunswick universities, Global News, Jan. 19, 2021
• Boston Bruins to honor Willie O’Ree, NHL’s first Black player, ESPN, Jan. 12, 2021
• Historic Black settlement Willow Grove to be honoured by Canada Post, CBC, Nov. 22, 2020
• Bathurst man’s police experience rings familiar to racial profile victim, CBC, July 12, 2016
• Forgotten graveyards offer insight into black history, CBC, Nov. 30, 2015