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History

• Beginnings
  • US Race Relations
• 1907–1912
  • Settling in Alberta
  • Discrimination
• 1913–1940
  • Urbanization
• 1941–1970
• 1971–Present
  • Affirmation of Identity

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Communities

• Rural
  • Amber Valley
    • Labour
    • Current Developments
  • Campsie
  • Junkins
  • Keystone
    • Healthcare and Education
    • Labour
    • Current Developments
  • Maidstone
• Urban
  • Calgary
    • Labour
  • Edmonton
    • Labour

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Cultural Lifeways

• The Arts
  • Gospel Music
  • Literature
• Customs and Traditions
  • Cuisine
  • Home Remedies
  • Cultural Beliefs
• Leisure and Recreation
  • Baseball
  • Ode to the Amber Valley Baseball Team
  • Boxing and Rodeo
• Organizations
• Religion
  • The Baptist Church
  • The Methodist Church
  • The Standard Church of America

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People

• Akers Family
• Allen Family
• Andrew Risby
• Bailey Family
• Bowen Family
• Carothers and Richardson Families
• Day Family
• Edwards Family
• Gwen Hooks
• Hayes Family
• Hooks Family
• Jefferson Davis Edwards
• Jesse Jones
• John Ware
• Judi Singh
• Junetta Jamerson
• King Family
• Leffler Family
• LeVero Carter
• Linda Campbell
• Mapp Family
• Melvin Crump
• Payne Family
• Proctor Family
• Quenten Brown
• Ramsey Family
• Rosalind Harper
• Ross Family
• Smith and Geary Families
• Sneed and Saunders Families
• Thomas Alexander
• Violet King
• Virnetta and "Sugarfoot" Anderson

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Multimedia Resources

• Audio Clips
  • Heritage Trails
  • Amber Valley and Black Settlement
  • Bar U: Cowboy Life
  • Homesteading, Part One: Political Context
  • Homesteading, Part Two: Advertising for Settlers
  • Homesteading, Part Three: Getting There
  • Homesteading, Part Four
  • Homesteading, Part Five: Getting Started on the Land
  • Homestaeding, Part Six: Breaking the Land
  • Homesteading, Part Seven: Seeding
    
    
• Oral Histories
  • John Bell Bowden
  • Mr. B. Boyd
  • E.A. Cobbs
  • Mr. J. Pharr
  • Father's Day Music Rehearsal
  • City Hall: I Don't Know What I'd Do Without The Lord
  • City Hall: Recording 2
  • City Hall: Rise Up And Walk
    
    
• Video Vignettes
• Oral Histories
  • David and Agnes Brown
    • Agnes Brown
      • Baseball Games
      • Big Momma and Big Poppa
      • Church Choir
      • Family Band
      • Hobbies and Cooking
      • Jobs
      • Meeting her Husband
      • Overcoming Discrimination
      • Pioneer Parents
      • School
      • Struggles of the Previous Generations
      • Teachers' Retirement Fund
    • David Brown
      • Baseball
      • Driving the Family Band
      • Family Farm
      • Family Heritage
      • Growing up on the Farm
      • Horse and Sleigh
      • Meeting his Wife
      • SAIT — Highways and Transportation
      • School Days
  • Neil and Marlene Brown
    • Marlene Brown
      • Family Reunions
      • Family Settlers
      • Children and Racism
      • Immigration and Church
      • Joining the Ministry
      • Marriage and Children
      • Mother and Divorce
      • Relatives and Church
      • Status as a Family
    • Neil Brown
      • Dealing with Racism
      • Diverse Friends in Athabasca
      • Education and Work History
      • Family Farm
      • Family Tree
      • Growing Up in Amber Valley
      • Hospitality
      • Hunting and Trapping
      • Marriage and Children
      • Old Friends
      • The Role of Church in Life
      • Spiritual Guidance
      • Travelling
      • Work and Fertilizer
  • Marjorie Jamerson
    • Babysitting and Whooping Cough
    • Black Culture Shock
    • Brothers
    • Church Community
    • Cooking in Camps
    • Country School
    • Dealing with Prejudice in Edmonton
    • Family Success
    • Father
    • From Provost to Edmonton
    • Grandma, Diabetes, and Fire
    • High School in Provost
    • Learning to Cook — Oil Rigs
    • Learning Tolerance
    • Mother
    • Racism at School
    • Selling the Family Farm
    • Siblings and Farming
    • Slave Mentality
    • Soul Food
  • Jack and Dwain Saunders
    • Dwain Saunders
      • Becoming a Pastor
      • Black in Calgary in the 1960s
      • Black in the USA
      • Grandma Brown
      • High School Dropout
      • Ministry in the Community
      • Pool Hustler
      • Prejudice in School
      • Racism in Canada
      • Whitehorse
    • Jack Saunders
      • Baseball
      • Family Reunions
      • First Wife
      • Grandpa
      • Heavy Equipment Operator
      • Religion
      • Retirement
      • Tough Times
      • Uncle John and the Sawmill
  • Mrs. Ralph Sneed
    • Children and Church
    • Church in Amber Valley
    • Discrimination
    • Family Band
    • Family in the USA
    • Farm Cooking
    • Farm Work
    • Growing Up on the Farm
    • Father
    • Home Birthings
    • Homesteading
    • Marriage and Children
    • From Oklahoma to Alberta
    • School Days
  • Laurie Toth
    • Abandoning Amber Valley
    • Amber Valley Community Hall
    • Baseball
    • Centenary
    • Church and Plants
    • Church Holds the Community Together
    • Early Settlers
    • Family Band
    • Family in Ontario
    • Floral Business
    • Her Father, the Farmer
    • Mother's Family
    • Mother's Work
    • How her Parents Met
    • Oldest of Siblings
    • Parents' Hospitality
    • Prejudice
    • School and Work History
    • School in Athabasca
    • Simple Life in Amber Valley
    • Upbringing

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Resources

• Bibliography
• Glossary