Our Amber Valley stamp features key members of this Alberta community: Henry Sneed, Jordan W. Murphy, with great-granddaughter Bernice Bowen & granddaughter Vivian (Murphy) Harris, & Amy Broady. Discover more of the story: https://www.canadapost.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/new-black-history-month-stamp-issue #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2021 | Canada Post

Amber Valley, Alta. was once a thriving community of Black homesteaders, whose history is well-documented in a local museum. What’s not included, however, is the related history of the nearby Métis community who lived and traded with the Black settlers for generations. Now, two organizations are teaming up to change that: www.cbc.ca/1.6379388 | CBC Edmonton

In the early 1900s, more than 1,000 African Americans began arriving in a place called Amber Valley, about 160 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Gord Steinke recently visi | Global Edmonton