Black Lives Matter Vancouver may have only come together in 2016, but the group is eager to commemorate and celebrate the long history of the black community in Vancouver. "Even though we're a very small group, there's still a lot about blackness to be celebrated ... particularly in this city there was a rich, vibrant black history." Although her group is small, Black Lives Matter Vancouver founder Cicely-Belle Blain (centre) says she is eager to revive the spirit of Vancouver's historic black communities. (Vancouver Dyke March/Facebook)Celebrating that community history is one of key focuses on the group in the month and year ahead. With files from The Early EditionTo listen to the interview, click on the link labelled Black Lives Matter Vancouver founder on Black History Month

Source: CBC News February 01, 2017 20:48 UTC