History You Should Know Fact Sheets

William Monroe Trotter overcame great odds to make Black rights part of the discussion at the Treaty of Versailles.

Race in the Canadian courts was problem for many years before Viola Desmond was fined for breaking segregation laws.

The Klan is often thought of as an American problem but in the 1930s the KKK in Edmonton was big news.

Many distinguished themselves in WW II but Lester Brown and Alan Bundy are not talked about enough.

Viola Desmond's story is now better known. Read about it as told by her sister Wanda Robson.

In the 1950s Hugh Burnett fought to be treated equally in Ontario restaurants. His fight led to significant change.