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| Title
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Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is demolished -
and fights back (39774) |
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| Physical
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Illustrated
| Collection
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Professional Library
| Series
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Righting Canada's wrongs
(1800)
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| Synopsis
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"In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax
decided to demolish the community [of Africville], relocate its
residents and use the land for industrial development. Residents of
Africville strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed
and they were forced into public housing projects in other parts of
the city, and promised, but did not receive social assistance to help
them resettle. 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 to pay
compensation. Through historical photographs, documents, and
first-person narratives from former Africville residents, this book
offers an account of the racism behind the injustices suffered by the
community. It documents how the City destroyed Africville and finally
apologized for it."OCLC.
| Author
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Wesley, Gloria
| Dimensions
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29 cm.
ISBN#
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9781459413580
| Stmt Resp
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Gloria Ann Wesley.
| TitleVartn
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Righting Canada's wrongs : Africville : an African Nova
Scotian Community is demolished - and fights back
| Subjects
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Africville (Halifax, N.S.);
Black CanadiansNova ScotiaHalifaxSocial conditions;
Community developmentHistory;
Housing.Canada;
Nova Scotia;
Race discriminationCanada
| Call#
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971.6225 WES
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