REACH-ing Out to the Ancestors: Black Cemeteries in NB

This fortnight we’re joined by Dr. Mary McCarthy-Brandt to discuss New Brunswick’s segregated cemeteries, and her work with “REACH in New Brunswick” to locate, document, and preserve Black cemeteries in New Brunswick. She also shares some information about forthcoming publications and an art exhibit about that work.

Show Notes

Edward Mitchell Bannister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mitchell_Bannister

• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-1850s-st-andrews-home-has-connection-to-celebrated-black-artist/

REACH (Remembering Each African Cemetery's History) in NB: https://www.reachnb.com/

Interview with Thandiwe McCarthy: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6488031

Mary's PhD Thesis: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/128414/4/McCarthy_Mary__Louise_202106_PhD_thesis.pdf

Hit Pieces:

• McAlpine, Donald F., Howard M. Huynh, and Scott A. Pavey (2024). The extinct sea mink, Google macrodon: a putative specimen in the New Brunswick Museum, Canada. Archives of Natural History 51(1):171-188.
• Newsom, B. D. (2024). The Past is Exactly How It Should Be: Lessons in Indigenous Archaeology from a Birch Bark Biter. In G. Nicholas & J. Watkins (Eds.), Working as Indigenous Archaeologists : Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives (pp. 319-328). Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003183853-31

Credits:

Sponsors: APANB, ULeth SSHRC Exchange

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn