Original 1956 map of Strathcona

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Vancouver’s Black history in Strathcona

From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community.
The ten video stories of Black Strathcona celebrate some of the people and places that made the community vibrant and unique.

Vie’s Chicken and Steaks

Sleeping Car Porters

Hogan’s Alley

AME Fountain Chapel

Jimi and Nora

Militant Mothers

Barbara Howard

Ernie King

Leonard Lane

Leona’s Kids

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