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Clifton Joseph: Dominica-Born Activist and Latin American

clifton joseph: The bookstore, which later moved to Bathurst and Bloor, became a centre for Black community activism, as well as a source of inspiration for young Black writers and poets, among them Clifton Joseph, according to NOW Magazine. After Len died in 1998, Gwen kept the bookstore open until 2000. They opened Third World, a source of politics for the Caribbean, Latin American and African communities - Toronto's underground railroad to Black colonial history - on Bay Street in 1968, when the Ontario school curriculum was still deeply immersed in notions of white superiority. She died in 2009. The Dominica-born activist became involved in the civil rights movement after hearing Martin Luther King Jr. speak at the University of Toronto in the late 1960s. Expand Screenshot from Rosie, The Fearless Rebel directed by Sonia Godding Togobo Roosevelt Rosie Bernard Douglas 1941-2000 The Fearless Rebel I am saying that we have to prepare ourselves to use any means necessary to seek our liberation from white domination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.