Black History Month 2023: Je me souviens !
Black History Month (BMH) 2023 has come and gone. Let’s remember, lest we forget! On February 1st, the City of Montreal and the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) announced that the Pan-African flag would be flown throughout BHM in front of the Montreal Police Headquarters and at City Hall. A message of inclusion they said. However, while recognizing that the Pan-African flag was created in 1920, at the first convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), they forgot that in June 1919, one of the first Canadian branches of the UNIA was founded right here …