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Additional poem
Speak White, poem © Michèle Lalonde 1968 used with permission of Michèle Lalonde.
Michèle Lalonde’s poem is a dramatic direct response to the famous Speak White slogan, formerly
used on North American plantations to command slaves to speak at all times the language of their
white masters. This same expression was later used to urge French-speaking Canadians to speak
English and remind them of their inferiority or subordinate position.
Additional music
Additional images
Mer Morte (Jean-Guy Cossette, Gilles Morissette)
Éditions Densta and Macadam Cow-Girl
Performed by Arthur et les Jaguars, used with permission of
Disques Mérite
Photo Donald Gordon (MSTC/
CollectionCN: X-40842) used
with permission of the Canada
Science and Technology Museum
View of the taking of Québec on
13th September 1759 (Hervey
Smith 1797). Public domain
James Murray (unknown artist,
1770). Public domain
Portrait of Major-General James
Wolfe (1727-1759) Attributed
to Joseph Highmore. Public
domain
Excerpts from the film
Hôtel Château used with the
permission of the National Film
Board of Canada
Excerpts from a film report “Le
Samedi de la matraque”. Used
with the permission of RadioCanada Archive
Images of John F. Kennedy
assassination from Zapruder
Film © 1967 (Renewed 1995).
The Sixth Floor Museum at
Dealey Plaza
Bang Bang (My