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BLK: An Origin Story

2022 - 2025 1 season 4 eps

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S1 · E1 · Feb 26, 2022

Three Epic Migrations, One People Episode 1

Descendants of The Black Loyalists, Jamaican Maroons and The Black Refugees represent Canada's largest Black population today. Their incredible story begins in Nova Scotia in the 1700s and challenges our understanding of what should be considered a distinct society.

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S1 · E2 · Mar 19, 2022

John "Daddy" Hall Episode 2

Born free of an Ojibwe father and an escaped-slave mother in Upper Canada, John Daddy Hall fought in the war of 1812, was captured and sold into slavery. 13 years later he makes a daring escape and finds his way back to Canada.

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S1 · E3 · Mar 12, 2022

Hogan's Alley Episode 3

Before Urban Renewal, before displacement, and before dispersal, there was life. For many years Hogan's Alley was the heart of Vancouver's Black community. But that community began in the 1850s, when James Douglas, (the father of British Columbia) Invited Blacks to settle Vancouver island in an effort to stave off American annexation.

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S1 · E4 · Mar 5, 2022

Little Burgundy Episode 4

Tucked between Griffintown and St. Henri in Montreal's Sud Ouest is Little Burgundy, home to a Black population led by Black men who worked in Canada's railway industry as sleeping car porters. They were the first Black trade union to organize in North America and were among the leaders in the struggle for civil rights.

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4 episodes in Season 1

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BLK: An Origin Story

Season 1

Three Epic Migrations, One People Episode 1

John "Daddy" Hall Episode 2

Hogan's Alley Episode 3

Little Burgundy Episode 4

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