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    Africville was a small community of predominantly African Nova Scotians located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It developed on the southern shore of...
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    The Africville Apology was a formal pronouncement delivered on 24 February 2010 by the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia for the eviction and eventual destruction...
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  • The Africville Museum is a museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which shares the history of the Africville community. In 2010, a compensation agreement was...
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    growing conviction that Africville should be demolished to make way for industrial development resulted in the people of Africville receiving no police or...
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    15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history, ranking sixth. Dixon was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known as "Little Chocolate" he stood 5 feet 3.5 inches...
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    of his company. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from Africville, Nova Scotia. She became a dancer and moved to New York in the mid-1920s...
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    Retrieved October 13, 2018. Hasse 1995, pp. 129–131 Africville Genealogy Society 2010, p. 34 Africville Genealogy Society 2010, pp. 33–34 Lawrence 2001,...
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    the city of Halifax expropriated residents from the black community of Africville near the Halifax abutment. The first construction contract; for the bridge...
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    The Africville expropriation is often characterized as an example of institutional racism in Halifax. Descendants and residents of Africville were dispersed...
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  • not an exhaustive list of cases of environmental racism in Nova Scotia. Africville, a predominantly Black community founded in the 1800s, is the most historic...
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  • Africville Suite is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Joe Sealy, which was released in 1996 by Sea Jam. It won the 1997 Juno Award for Best Contemporary...
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    Scotia to address past harm done to Black Nova Scotians, such as the Africville Apology, the Viola Desmond Pardon, the restorative justice initiative...
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  • bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2021. "TURNING POINTS: The Razing of Africville an epic failure in urban community renewal". The Chronicle Herald. 18...
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  • Eddie Carvery is a social activist from Africville, Nova Scotia. The small, mainly black community in Halifax was destroyed by the city in the 1960s as...
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    including its destruction and the destruction of its black community in Africville by the Halifax government trying to expand their railway, is also visited...
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    Halifax Mayor Peter J. Kelly made the Africville Apology, apologizing for the eviction of those from Africville as part of a $4.5-million compensation...
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  • Amber Valley, Alberta Hogan's Alley, Vancouver Elm Hill, New Brunswick Africville African Nova Scotians Vernon, Karin Joan. "The Black Prairies: History...
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    Hammonds Plains, Beechville, Lucasville, North Preston, East Preston, Africville and Elm Hill, New Brunswick. An April 1814 proclamation of Black freedom...
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  • within a larger city, such as Ville-Émard, Davisville, Unionville, or Africville. There are also places named after people, such as Villeray. According...
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  • writing Africville, a children's picture book about a black community by the same name that was razed by the city of Halifax in the 1960s. "Africville" was...
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    Mulgrave Park North End Quinpool South End Spring Garden West End Westmount Africville Richmond The bedrock of this peninsula is Precambrian slate. Glaciers...
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    at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts she taught school in Africville and Lucasville. Her national debut occurred in 1941 at the Eaton Auditorium...
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  • Ricky Anderson (born in Africville, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian-born former professional boxer. Anderson was due to represent Canada at the 1980 Summer...
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    Magazine Explosion 1996: Second Amalgamation 2003: Hurricane Juan 2010: Africville Apology Other List of mayors Timeline of history Historic places Oldest...
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  • Library. Kelly apologized on behalf of the municipality for the razing of Africville, backing it up was a $5 million reparation plan for the black community...
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  • various organizations in the Central District of the U.S. city of Seattle Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Greenwood District, Tulsa, variously...
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    ) - Civil war camp Theodore Roosevelt Island - Civil war camp Canada Africville - Nova Scotia Birchtown - Nova Scotia Dawn settlement - Ontario Elgin...
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    Plains) and began settling in the area, which gradually became known as Africville. In 2014, a multi-purpose community centre designed to serve 5,000 residents...
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    British North America during the late 18th century. Africville – Halifax. Black people settled in Africville beginning in 1848. Black residents did not have...
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  • Titty Galore, has also had supporting roles in Space Cases, Welcome to Africville, Fig Trees, After Alice, Jesus of Montreal, Queer as Folk, Sugar, The...
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