Black Action Defence Committee
Encyclopedia
The Black Action Defence Committee is a Canadian
activist group founded by Dudley Laws
, Charles Roach
, Sherona Hall and Lennox Farrell
with Laws as the group's chair. It was founded in 1988 in response to the killing of Lester Donaldson, which was the latest in a series of police shootings of Black men in Toronto
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
activist group founded by Dudley Laws
Dudley Laws
Dudley Laws was a Canadian civil rights activist and executive director of the Black Action Defence Committee.Laws was born in Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica to parents Ezekiel and Agatha Laws, and was a brother to three other siblings.A welder and mechanic by trade, he worked at Standard...
, Charles Roach
Charles Roach
Charles Roach is a Canada-based civil rights lawyer and an activist in the Black community.-Early life:Born in Trinidad and Tobago, the son of a trade union organizer, Roach arrived in Canada in 1955 as an aspiring priest to study at the University of Saskatchewan...
, Sherona Hall and Lennox Farrell
Lennox Farrell
Lennox Farrell is a Canadian community activist and retired teacher from Toronto, Ontario.Currently, he is head of the Caribbean Cultural Committee, which puts on the Caribana parade....
with Laws as the group's chair. It was founded in 1988 in response to the killing of Lester Donaldson, which was the latest in a series of police shootings of Black men in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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