This is the first episode of I Am Black History brought to you by In The Black:Canada, DeeP Visions Media, and a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. In this episode meet Leonard Paris author of Jim Crow Also Lived Here a memoir of Len's life of growing up Black and poor in Priestville Nova Scotia just outside of New Glasgow. Len will share how he came to write the book, how memories of racism can affect you long after you have experienced them, and the intersectionality of race, poverty, and structural racism.
