You might have heard of Robert Sutherland, BA 1852, the first Black student at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s who later saved the university from getting annexed by the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto. But do you know Elizabeth 카지노 게임 컬렉션Betty카지노 게임 컬렉션 Musson Kawaley, BA카지노 게임 컬렉션43? For alumna Tka Pinnock, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션07, Kawaley카지노 게임 컬렉션s story is a reminder that Black women have played an important role in Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s history, too. Pinnock카지노 게임 컬렉션s feature from the spring 2023 issue of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Alumni Review traces Kawaley카지노 게임 컬렉션s beginnings in Bermuda to her time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s to her life as an educator, author, and activist. It was a finalist in the National Magazine Award카지노 게임 컬렉션s B2B contest in the Best Feature category in 2024. Below is an excerpt from that story. You can read the full feature here.
Under the cover of night, her ship cut through the waves in darkness to avoid the enemy. It was 1939 and the Atlantic Ocean was no place for passenger vessels. Her trip had already been cancelled twice before but, as she cast her gaze toward starlit northern skies, she must have hoped that the third time would be the charm. This was it. She was finally leaving the warmth of Bermuda for the cold and uncertainty of Canada. But it was her dream.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Bags packed and hair straightened for a third time (카지노 게임 컬렉션It was what you did in those days if you were going somewhere special,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she later recalled), 17-year-old Elizabeth bid goodbye to her family. War was in its infancy, she didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t know a soul in Canada, and she had no inkling of when she would be able to return home. But she was undeterred. Armed with only the exuberance of youth, she sailed into her future.
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 was waiting.
Elizabeth arrived카지노 게임 컬렉션at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s in the fall of 1939 to discover she was 카지노 게임 컬렉션the only Black girl on campus,카지노 게임 컬렉션 as one Bermuda news website recalled on her 100th birthday.
Whether she was or not, it is safe to say Elizabeth believed this to be the case, and with good reason.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I was the only 카지노 게임 컬렉션Coloured카지노 게임 컬렉션 student at the school 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and I knew of only one other Coloured family in Kingston, Ontario, itself,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she told카지노 게임 컬렉션카지노 게임 컬렉션last year.
People, she said, would 카지노 게임 컬렉션point and whisper in astonishment카지노 게임 컬렉션 and some were curious enough about her that they even wanted, much to Elizabeth카지노 게임 컬렉션s surprise, to touch her skin.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Some people in Kingston were appalled to see me,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she recalled in a 2018 interview. 카지노 게임 컬렉션They카지노 게임 컬렉션d never seen a Black person before.카지노 게임 컬렉션
But her three roommates 카지노 게임 컬렉션 she called them her sisters 카지노 게임 컬렉션 would link arms with her and say, 카지노 게임 컬렉션Come along.카지노 게임 컬렉션 These allies 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Anna (Kleinsteuber) Wheal, Elnora (McCalpin) Sheppard and Ruth Cordy 카지노 게임 컬렉션 were a balm to her soul. They ate in the cafeteria together, and she stayed with their families during school holidays. The sisterhood held strong 카지노 게임 컬렉션 long after graduation and Elizabeth카지노 게임 컬렉션s return home to Bermuda.
I would arrive카지노 게임 컬렉션at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 64 years later, in September 2003. Much like it was for Elizabeth, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and Kingston were unknown to me, having only migrated to Canada the year prior. And while I did not find Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s or Kingston to be particularly inhospitable, our experiences were perhaps not markedly different.
People may not have been appalled to see me in 2003, but it카지노 게임 컬렉션s fair to say they were probably surprised a few times. I was not the only Black girl on campus. But I was, more often than not, the only Black person in each of my classes.
Year after year.
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