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.

 
 
 
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Pictured: Member of Provincial Parliament Jill Andrews holding the Blacked Out textbook, moments after making a speech in the House on the issue.

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