Black History Month and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

In the month of 1995 February, Black history month was created which honoured Black Canadians. Black people and the communities have been a part of shaping Canada's heritage and identity. But in 2021 their human rights and many other cultures are still being tested to this day.

On May 25 2020 a man named George Floyd was arrested by Minneapolis police officers. They pinned George Floyd to the ground and one officer had his knee on his neck. 17 minutes later George Floyd was unsound and unresponsive. 

After the George Floyd incident, everyone in the world and here in Winnipeg started the Black Lives Matter in memory of George Floyd and many others who lost their lives cause of police misconduct. On June 5 2020 over 1000 Winnipeggers walked from the Manitoba Legislative building to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to be a part of the Black Lives Matter movement.  

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights acknowledges every human history from the Black Lives Matter movement to a prom that allowed black and white people to have their first integrated prom. Anything big or small can make a difference and it can show that people do care about human rights and want them to change.

On this episode of In Focus by U Multicultural, Mark Aaron sat down with the CEO of the Human Rights Museum Isha Khan on how the Canadian Human Rights Museum was built and the effects on the Black Lives Matter movement will have in the future.