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African/Black Nova Scotian Resources: Segregation in Canada

These are resources on African/Black Canadian & Nova Scotian history, communities, & culture, as well as important resources on people of African descent. It was developed in consultation with members of the African/Black Nova Scotian community at NSCC.

Carrie M. Best OC, ONS, LLD (1903-2001)    Human rights activist, author, journalist, publisher and broadcaster.       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Carrie M. Best commemorative stamp                                                                    

 



 

Carrie Best, postage stamp, Canada: 59 cents, Date of issue 1 February 2011. © Canada Post Corporation, 2011, image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 
"I respectfully request you, Sir, to instruct your employees to sell me the ticket I wish when next I come to the theatre or I shall make public every statement made to me by you and your help."    - Carrie M. Best, 1941       

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Videos

The Little Black School House provides an unflinching look at Canada's history of racially segregated schools, and the fight for equal access to quality education.

There’s Something In The Water examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using Nova Scotia as a case study, and the grassroots resistance activities by Indigenous and Black communities against the pollution and poisoning of their communities.