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The Man Who Taught Without Pay for Ten Years

Episode Summary

For Black History Month, we look back at the incredible life of John Craven Jones, Salt Spring Island’s first-ever school teacher, through conversations with Silvia Mangue Alene, President of the BC Black History Awareness Society, and Crawford Kilian, author of Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia.

Episode Notes

For Black History Month, we look back at the incredible life of John Craven Jones, Salt Spring Island’s first-ever school teacher, through conversations with Silvia Mangue Alene, President of the BC Black History Awareness Society, and Crawford Kilian, author of Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia.  

Today's episode is sponsored by Heat Savers Fireplace & Co. and CommunityPlus Care.  

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