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Universal Negro Improvement Association and Black History Month

black liberation: I was honoured to be a part of the slate of events for Black History Month and amazed that such a thing could happen in my lifetime, according to NOW Magazine. You see, I'm from Bermuda, where the majority of the population is black and/or of mixed race. The text proclaims, "February is Black (in red) History (in black) Month (in green)," the colours mimicking those of the Pan-African flag of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the black liberation flag, and "Join the celebration!" There a vancouver.ca weblink and a little blue and green city of Vancouver logo at the bottom of the pin.I got it in Vancouver in February 2012, the first year the city joined in celebrating and commemorating the lives, challenges and contributions of its black community. Black history has always been an all-year thing for me, even more so now because of my chosen profession. But Vancouver and Canada are something different. As an actor, I'm constantly researching characters, circumstances and what things were like during their era. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.