Thursday, November 04, 2021

[colored hockey championships]

 

Stamp showing drawing of seven Black men in older era hockey gear, some holding hockey sticks, and another five Black men in suits. The suited man in the middle is holding a tray covered with a maroon cloth, with silver goblets, a pitcher and a tray on it. Large text says "Colored Hockey Championships". Smaller text lists teams: Jubilees, Stanleys, Eurekas, Sea-Sides, Victorias, Rangers, Royals, Moss Backs. Text at lower left says "CANADA"; lower right as a "P" inside a maple leaf indicating the denomination of the stamp is "Permanent"

"Canada Post’s stamp honours the Colored Hockey Championship and the all-Black hockey teams in the Maritimes that competed for it between 1895 and the early 1930s.

It is impossible to fully appreciate this story without understanding the Canada of the day, when Blacks lived in segregated communities that often lacked proper roads, health services, water or street lamps."

Read the rest of the story at Canada Post.

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