Black history is something that surrounded me every day as a youth. I grew up in North Buxton, a mostly black town in southwestern Ontario that was a popular destination for slaves escaping from the southern U.S. via the Underground Railroad. The original one-room schoolhouse from the Elgin Settlement still stands near the center of town. I can recall one year, during Black History Month, my class at the mostly white school I attended in nearby Merlin had arranged to visit North Buxton on a field trip.
One Night in Mississippi
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One Night In Mississippi
Posted on March 2 by Kyle in Interview
"While much of the story takes place across the backdrop of the civil rights era south, this story is not so much about race as it is about family relationships, and how they can be sometimes a blessing, sometimes a burden."