Black Battalion

• Celebrating new connections to historic Nova Scotia army unit

  'This isn't a Black Canadian story. This is a Canadian story. This is our history that everyone can gravitate to,' says Lt. Jerome Downey about the Black soldiers of WWI.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2022
  
• ‘Long overdue’: Ottawa will apologize for racist treatment of all-Black First World War battalion

  More than 600 members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion were prevented from serving in combat roles because of the colour of their skin.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2021
  
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• ‘They fought to fight’: How Black Canadians battled racism to serve the country

  In the First World War, Black men faced barriers when trying to enlist in the Canadian military.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2019
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• Canada’s one and only ‘Black Battalion’ celebrated in parade

  Dignitaries and military officials gathered in Pictou to mark the 100th anniversary of the first and only segregated black military unit in the Canadian history.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2016