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Wesley, Gloria.
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Black Canadians -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Wesley, Gloria.
Black Canadians -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Relocation (Housing) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Juvenile literature.
Relocation (Housing) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Urban renewal -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Relocation -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Juvenile literature.
Children, Black -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forced migration -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Righting Canada's wrongs : Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is abolished and fights back / Gloria Ann Wesley.
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Wesley, Gloria.
J. Lorimer & Co., c2021.
Call #:
971
.6225
W513r
2021
Subjects
Black Canadians -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Relocation (Housing) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Juvenile literature.
Relocation (Housing) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Urban renewal -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Relocation -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Juvenile literature.
Children, Black -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forced migration -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Righting Canada's wrongs.
ISBN:
9781459416512
Alternate title:
Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is abolished and fights back
African Nova Scotian community is abolished and fights back
Edition:
Second edition.
Description:
94 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90), discography, filmography, Internet addresses and index.
Summary:
The community of Africville was founded in the late 1800s when African Nova Scotians built homes on the Bedford Basin on the northern edge of Halifax. Africville grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, about 400 people lived there. The community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. But the community had its problems. Racist attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs in the city and the City of Halifax refused residents basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, and garbage collection. In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax decided to demolish Africville, relocate its residents and use the land for industrial development. Residents strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed, and many had to move into public housing projects in other parts of the city. After years of pressure from former members of the community and their descendants, the City of Halifax finally apologized for the destruction of Africville and offered some compensation. A replica of the church was built on the site. But former residents and their descendents were refused compensation beyond what little was paid in the 1960s. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives, this book tells the story of Africville. It documents how the city destroyed Africville and much later apologized for it and how the spirit of the community lives on.
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