OBHS - #BlackedOutHistory
Despite 400 years of history in Canada, Black stories rarely appear in history classes. To raise awareness of this issue, we took real Grade 8 history textbooks and “Blacked Out” all the non-Black history.
Of the 255 pages, only 13 remained.
Pictured: Member of Provincial Parliament Jill Andrews holding the Blacked Out textbook, moments after making a speech in the House on the issue.
ECD: Craig Ferguson
ACD/Art Director: Allie Keith
ACD/Writer: Daniel Szczepanek