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Albert Jackson plaque presentation, Lombard Street, July 21, 2017. Image by Alex Willms.  

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Image by Alex Willms

Date of Creation

21 July 2017

Keywords

Black ​History
Black ​Musicians
music ​history
Post ​office
Racial ​discrimination
Musicians

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Plaques

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Alex Willms

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Albert Jackson plaque presentation, Lombard Street, July 21, 2017. Image by Alex Willms.

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Abena Buahene, Heritage Toronto Board member (on the left) and the Jackson family at the plaque presentation, celebrating the life of Albert Jackson, the first Black letter carrier in Toronto and one of the few people of colour to be appointed as a civil servant in 19th-century Canada.

Albert Jackson's appointment as a letter carrier on May 12, 1882, caused heated public debate—fueled by racism—which played out in the local newspapers of the day. With the support of Toronto's Black community and Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, who was courting African-Canadian voters for the upcoming election, Jackson was able to take up his duties after a month-long delay.

Pictured on the far right are musicians Shawne and Jay Jackson, legends in their own right for their musical contributions to Toronto's local scene beginning in the 1960s.

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