Peyton Neustaedter

Calgarian researching Black history in the Canadian Prairies | ✝️

[Calgary Public Library @calgarylibrary]

We are excited to share that Peyton Neustaedter is the Library's 2026 Historian in Residence! Peyton is a born-and-raised Calgarian whose research focuses on Black history in the Canadian Prairies. Learn more about her residency in partnership with Heritage Calgary by visiting: https://t.co/BF6O6WNrPC

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Other Black organizations in Edmonton included the Negro Political Association, the Negro Welfare Association, and the oldest Black organization in the city, the Phyllis Wheatley Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

Stay tuned for more!

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#BlackHistoryMonth2025

Slater wrote a column for The Edmonton Journal & Bulletin titled “Our Negro Citizens,” from 1921-24. This newspaper column fused together Alberta’s Black community and encouraged racial progress and uplift through political, economic and social activism.

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The star of my thesis (a thread):

This is Reverend George Washington Slater, Jr. (1872-1940), the father of Frederick “Duke” Slater, the first Black lineman in NFL history. George moved from Iowa to Edmonton, Alberta in 1921 to organize the city’s newly formed AME church.

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In the letter, DuBois inquired if African Americans were allowed to settle in Canada, and Slater replied that “good, industrious and thrifty colored people are welcome to Canada, and will find justice and protection.” It is unknown if they corresponded any further.

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Part 2 coming soon!

[Peyton Neustaedter @peyneust]

The star of my thesis (a thread):

This is Reverend George Washington Slater, Jr. (1872-1940), the father of Frederick “Duke” Slater, the first Black lineman in NFL history. George moved from Iowa to Edmonton, Alberta in 1921 to organize the city’s newly formed AME church.

[Peyton Neustaedter @peyneust]

George even handed out pro-socialist pamphlets in the early 1900s with famous Socialist Party speaker, writer, orator and father of the Harlem Renaissance, Hubert Harrison — whose beliefs influenced men like A. Philip Randolph and Marcus Garvey.

[UCalgary HGSU @HGSU_UCalgary]

We are excited to announce our call for papers for the 2025 Bow River Graduate History Conference, taking place from March 29-30 at the University of Calgary! This year our topic is “Borders and Margins,” open to papers from all time periods.

Submissions are due January 6, 2025.

[Peyton Neustaedter @peyneust]

Great news!

[Bianca Chiacchia @ChiacchiaBianca]

The @HGSU_UCalgary is happy to announce our call for papers for the Bow River Graduate Conference (March 29-30, 2025)! It is open to papers from all time periods on the theme “Borders and Margins.” Abstract submissions are due January 6, 2025! I can’t wait to read them! 😄

[Peyton Neustaedter @peyneust]

Fantastic to attend and hear such great papers over the weekend.