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HARLEM OF THE NORTH
Maclean's
|March 2025
A new exhibit spotlights the birthplace of Montreal's Black anglophone community
WHEN BRITISH DOCUMENTARY photographer Andrew Jackson moved to Montreal in 2017, he did what he always does in a new city: he googled, "Where are the Black spaces?" The first result was Little Burgundy, a historically Black neighbourhood in southwest Montreal. He set off to explore. As he strolled through the area's Oscar-Peterson Park on a bright Sunday morning, he stumbled upon people playing basketball. "It was wonderful," says Jackson. "But it's funny.
This story is from the March 2025 edition of Maclean's.
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