Federal government apologizing for treatment of Black First World War battalion The federal government will formally apologize today for the way Black soldiers of No. 2 Construction Battalion were treated during
Mary McCarthy Brandt says Black communities have long recognized the significance of Aug. 1 For a person who has dedicated her life to eradicating the erasure of New Brunswick Black history, this
Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt was recognized with an honorary degree from St. Thomas University before addressing the Class of 2022.
New Atlantic Voice documentary, Written in Stone, explores the story A new memorial stone sits at the top of a small cemetery along the St. John River in New Brunswick.
Black graveyards were a major part of Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt studies when she decided to do her PhD. The thesis, ‘Segregated in Life and Death: A Black Woman’s Critical Exploration
Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt has been tracking down forgotten gravesites of New Brunswick’s Black families for years. She tends to the Wheary Graveyard in Keswick and was part of a group that campaigned
In the episode we talk to former president of the New Brunswick Black history society Mary Louise McCarty. Credit: Black In The Maritimes Listen to the Podcast
The push to honour Black New Brunswickers whose remains were left behind when a graveyard was relocated. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt has been coming to the Kingsclear Kilburn Community Cemetery for
Neglected by history, Anna Minerva Henderson was an award-winning writer, poet, and civil servant. Steep streets, tall spires etched against the sky,Grey wharves that know the way of wind and
I am a sixth generation descendant of early Black settler to New Brunswick. My ancestor Solomon Kendall first served with the Guides and Pioneers, settling in Lower Queensbury, New Brunswick,