Charles Sagar and N-town, Prince George

May 01, 2014, 06:30 PM

I heard rumours that in the 1920s, there was an African-American actor who had run a business in downtown Prince George. With a bit of delving I discovered Charles Sagar, an pioneer of the African-American theatre movement who later came to Prince George to cut hair on a floating barge. He also fought back against a city council who ordered police to clean up “N******town”. Here’s what I found out.

More background and the full letter at: http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/interviews/2014/02/28/charles-sagar-n-town-and-a-little-known-piece-of-black-history-in-prince-george/