Hogan’s Alley

This episode was co-written by Melissa Fundira and Historica Canada. It was produced by Historica Canada. Production support by Michael Fiore and Edit Audio. Post-production by Edit Audio. 

Thank you to our interviewees Bertha and Randy Clark, and consultant Stephanie Allen, founding board member of the Hogan’s Alley Society.   

Clips of Thelma Gibson-Towns from the 1994 documentary Hogan’s Alley by Cornelia Wyngaarden and Andrea Fatona provided by Video Out Distribution. 

Fact-checking by Amy van den Berg. 

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.   
Additional reading:
·       Hogan's Alley
·       Order-in-Council P.C. 1911-1324 — the Proposed Ban on Black Immigration to Canada
·       Black History in Canada until 1900
·       Black History in Canada: 1960 to Present  

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