Black Nova Scotians (also known as African Nova Scotians, Afro-Nova Scotians, and Africadians) are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back...
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Black Nova Scotians. Wayne Adams Yvonne Atwell Wanda Thomas Bernard, Canadian Senator Mayann Francis, first black woman Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia...
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The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans and African...
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North Preston (redirect from North Preston, Nova Scotia)
community located in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality. The community is populated primarily by Black Nova Scotians. North Preston...
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African-American English (redirect from African Nova Scotian English)
time. African Nova Scotian English is spoken by descendants of Black Nova Scotians, black immigrants from the United States who live in Nova Scotia, Canada...
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record number of four Black Nova Scotians were elected MLAs; prior to this election, only five Black MLAs had ever been elected in Nova Scotia. In April 2019...
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Viola Desmond (category Black Nova Scotians)
activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946, she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, by refusing to...
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Ava (wrestler) (category American people of Black Nova Scotian descent)
granddaughter of Ata (née Maivia) and Rocky Johnson, a Samoan and Black Nova Scotian respectively. Through her paternal grandmother, she is a non-blood...
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during the American Revolution Black refugee (War of 1812) Black Nova Scotians History of Nova Scotia Birchtown, Nova Scotia Billy (slave) Cassandra Pybus...
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Black Loyalists from New York. Birchtown was first settled by Stephen Blucke, who has been referred to as "the true founder of the Afro-Nova Scotian community"...
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immigrants and their descendants (including black Nova Scotians), as well as many African immigrants. Black Canadians often draw a distinction between...
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Sylvia Hamilton (category Black Nova Scotians)
Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, her work explores the lives and experiences of people of African descent. Her special focus is on African Nova Scotians, and especially...
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go to Halifax and other Parts of Nova Scotia where there is a fairer Prospect of Employment" (see Black Nova Scotians). Soon the charity focused its goals...
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where they formed distinctive identities such as Black Ontarians and African Nova Scotians. Black Canadians have contributed to many areas of Canadian...
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develop their own national identity as Black Nova Scotians. Meanwhile, in 1786, the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor, a British organization with...
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Portia White (category Black Nova Scotians)
recordings of White's live performances. Music portal Canada portal Black Nova Scotians Music of Canada Fanfair, Ron (February 7, 2018). "50 years after...
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Eli Goree (category Black Nova Scotians)
Riverdale, where he plays Munroe "Mad Dog" Moore. Goree grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was raised by a single mother. He began his acting career at age...
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Boston King (category Nova Scotian Settlers)
published his autobiography in 1798, which was one of only three by Black Nova Scotians and also notable among slave narratives as a work that was trans-Atlantic...
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Rocky Johnson (category Black Nova Scotians)
Nova Scotia, where he was raised, the fourth of five sons of Lillian (née Gay; 1919–1996) and James Henry Bowles (1888–1957). As a Black Nova Scotian...
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exist. The Black refugees make up the largest single source of ancestors for Black Nova Scotians and formed the core of African Nova Scotian communities...
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Dillon Brooks (category Canadian people of Black Nova Scotian descent)
Dillon Brooks (/ˈdɪlən/ DIL-ən; born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball...
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Carrie Best (category Black Nova Scotians)
first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper. It became an important voice in exposing racism and exploring the lives of Black Nova Scotians. In...
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Africville (redirect from Africville, Nova Scotia)
Africville was a small community of predominantly African Nova Scotians located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It developed on the southern shore of Bedford...
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African Nova Scotians to sit in the balcony. In 1943 a school class was ejected from the downstairs seats because the class included African Nova Scotian students...
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immigrants and their descendants (including Black Nova Scotians) List of census subdivisions in the Montreal area with Black populations higher than the national...
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Pearleen Oliver (category Black Nova Scotians)
ISBN 9781926908816.) Black Nova Scotians Oliver, Pearleen (20 April 2020) [1992]. "Nova Scotia Women's Oral History Project Nova Scotia Archives Sound...
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three main groups: Ontario-born Black Canadians, Caribbean immigrants, and Black Nova Scotians. Black Nova Scotians settled largely in Alexandra Park...
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Book of Negroes (category Black Loyalists)
Revolutionary War became the first settlement of Black Nova Scotians and Black Canadians. Other Black Loyalists were transported to settlements in several...
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George Dixon (boxer) (category Black Nova Scotians)
one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history, ranking sixth. Dixon was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known as "Little Chocolate"...
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George Elliott Clarke (category Black Nova Scotians)
Clarke's work addresses the experiences and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography coined...
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