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How My Brother Built a Beacon to All Black Canadians

Donald Oliver | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada
Read More: Africville, Canada News, Black History, Black History Canada, Africville Heritage Trust Society, William P. Oliver, Black Canadians, Canada Black History Month, Canada News
Donald Oliver

2013-02-01-FERGIEJENKINSBANNER.jpg My brother was a remarkable person -- a gifted preacher, a champion of education, and a powerful advocate for the rights of Blacks. If there was one event that angered my brother more than any other, it was the tragic demise of "Africville." No attempt was made to save that Halifax Black community.

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Hiring Of White Woman For Historical Halifax Black Community Foundation Sparks Controversy

CP | John Lewandowski, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.18.2011 | Canada
Read More: Rocky Jones, Carole Nixon, Africville Heritage Trust, Burnley Jones, Bedford Basin, Halifax, Africville, Canada News

HALIFAX - The hiring of a white woman as executive director of the Africville Heritage Trust, a body created to redress the destruction of a Halifax-a...

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