Downtown in Charlottetown in Queens County, Prince Edward Island — The Atlantic Provinces (North America)
Black Lives Matter
Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, October 13, 2024
1. Black Lives Matter Marker
Inscription.
On Friday, June 5, 2020, the largest rally in PEI’s history took place. Organized by the Black Cultural Society of PEI, thousands marched through downtown Charlottetown to support racial justice and Black Lives Matter. A week later, Gord McNeilly the province’s first black MLA, tabled a petition calling for extensive policy reviews. This led to the establishment of an Anti-Racism Office within the Executive `Council of the PEI Government. ,
On Friday, June 5, 2020, the largest rally in PEI’s history took place. Organized by the Black Cultural Society of PEI, thousands marched through downtown Charlottetown to support racial justice and Black Lives Matter. A week later, Gord McNeilly the province’s first black MLA, tabled a petition calling for extensive policy reviews. This led to the establishment of an Anti-Racism Office within the Executive `Council of the PEI Government.
Le vendredi 5 juin 2020, la plus grande manifestation
de l'histoire de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard a eu lieu. Ce
rassemblement a été organisé par la Black Cultural
Society de l'Î.-P.-É. Des milliers de personnes ont
défilé dans le centre-ville de Charlottetown pour
soutenir la justice raciale et Black Lives Matter
(La vie des Noirs compte). Une semaine plus
tard, Gord McNeilly, le premier député noir de
la province, a déposé une pétition appelant à un
réexamen approfondi des politiques. Cela a conduit
à la création d'un Bureau de lutte contre le racisme
au sein du Conseil exécutif du gouvernement de
l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Location. 46° 13.897′ N, 63° 8.045′ W. Marker is in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in Queens County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from Kent Street. This marker is located in front of the Beaconsfield Historic Museum facing the water. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Kent Street, Charlottetown PE C1A 1M6, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Coastal P. E. I. It is also in the Maritimes and in Atlantic Canada. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, and Acadia.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 136 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 1, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
