Summary:

In this episode, I welcome historian Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt from Remembering Each African Cemeteries History in New Brunswick (REACH NB). Mary joins us to speak about her research locating and documenting forgotten and abandoned Black burial grounds. She also shares her experience collaborating with the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

Episode Resources:

Lauren Bird (Nov 30, 2021). New nonprofit seeks to locate and record gravesites of Black people in New Brunswick. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/black-history-new-brunswick-1.6267214

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