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Nova Scotia Black history With digital objects
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Sing freedom : exploring and celebrating music of African Heritage : [poster]

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Linda Carvery, Bruce Phillips, and Doug Dean. The concert was in support of St. George's YouthNet Outreach and St. Patrick's-Alexandra School Music Department. It was held at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Final Report: Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie, Guysborough County, N.S. - A Socio-Economic Study & Recommendation

File contains the final report, drafted by the Institute of Public Affairs, titled "Sunnyville, Lincolnville, and Upper Big Tracadie, Guysborough County, N.S. - A Socio-Economic Study & Recommendation", and prepared for the Nova Scotia Department of Public Welfe, and ARDA. File also contains related correspondence between Guy Henson and the Hon. James Harding, Minister of Public Welfare.

"Professors Donald Clairmont and William Benallick, of the Departments of Sociology of Saint Mary's and Dalhousie University, respectively, were engaged as study directors on behalf of the Institute of Public Affairs. Four students were employed as "participant- observers" for seven weeks, two being spent in training and five in the communities, during July-September 1964." -- from p. iii.

Interview with Rev. Donald Skeir [sic] by Harry Wells : [draft transcript]

Item consists of a draft typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview with Rev. Donald Douglas Skeir (1926-1999) -- misspelled as "Skier" on the transcript -- from September 10, 1969. Rev. Skeir was an influential pastor at several Baptist churches in the Preston area, and a passionate educator and human rights advocate.

Interview with Mr. Carlyle W. Warner by Harry Wells

Item consists of a draft typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Carlyle W. Warner, dated September 9, 1969. At the time of the interview, Warner was an influential member of the Black United Front (BUF) and the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP).

Correspondence related to the Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter exhibition

Item consists of correspondence between Suzanne Saul, Bridglal Pachai, Pat MacInnis, Grace Channer, Chloe Onari, Jo Stern, Buseje Bailey, Garry Conway, Catherine Phoenix, Anne Johnson, Ken Aucoin, Barbara Taylor, Joanne Lindsey, and Donna James, related to the "Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter" exhibition at Eye Level Gallery.

Blacks and whites : the Nova Scotia race relations experience : [manuscript]

Item consists of a typed draft manuscript written by Don Clairmont and Fred Wien in August 1976, titled "Blacks and Whites: The Nova Scotia Race Relations Experience".

"In this paper, we have outlined the establishment of race relations patterns in Nova Scotia and the characteristics, constraints and possibilities for change in several phases up to the present. Particularly since the end of the Second World War, the nature of the debate, the actors and the rules of the game have changed but basic patterns of inequality in the socio-economic realm persist. Although Nova Scotia has declared the decade between 1973-1983 as 'a decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination' and its government is committed to 'a cultural mosaic that doesn't leave anyone out' it still looks like a long hard road before equality in the mosaic is achieved."

Photograph of students from the Transition Year Program

Item is a photograph of Dalhousie students in the 1971/1972 and 1972/3 Transition Year Program class, posed in front of the TYP house before leaving on a trip with TYP instructor Burnley (Rocky) Jones to visit the TYP program at the University of Toronto.

(Back row) Kerry Best; Sandra (née Oliver) Miller; Alister Coward; Lynn Jones; Ronnie Sparks
(Middle Row) Beverley (née Johnson) McFadden; Norma Williams
(Front Row) Herbie Desmond; Keith Marshal; Danny Williams; Lex Bizzeth
ABSENT: Roxanne Barton

Black wimmin: when and where we enter : [poster]

Item is a poster for Black Wimmin: When And Where We Enter, a group exhibition presented by the Diasporic African Women's Art collective. The exhibition toured Canada in 1989 and was presented in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Eyelevel Gallery from September 6 - 23, 1989.

Interview with Dr. W.P. Oliver by Harry Wells

Item consists of a typescript transcription of Harry Wells's interview with William Pearly Oliver (February 11, 1912-May 26, 1989), who was a founding member of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP), and was at the time was affiliated with the Black United Front.

Interview with Vernon Johnston by Harry Wells

Item consists of a typed transcript of an interview by Harry Wells of Vernon Johnston, dated September 24, 1970. Johnston was President of the North Preston Youth Improvement Association, as well as serving on the executive of the NSAACP (Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) at the time of the interview.

Interview with Rev. Donald Skeir by Harry Wells

Item consists of a draft typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview with Rev. Donald Douglas Skeir (1926-1999) from September 10, 1969. Rev. Skeir was an influential pastor at several Baptist churches in the Preston area, and a passionate educator and human rights advocate.

Interview with Eugene Williams by Harry Wells

Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Eugene Williams, dated September 10, 1969. At the time of the interview, Mr Williams was a member of the NSAACP (Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People), the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers, and others. Unlike many others interviewed, Mr. Williams was not a member of the BUF (Black United Front).

Interview with Gus Wedderburn by Harry Wells

Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Gus Wedderburn on September 10, 1969. Wedderburn was the president of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP) at the time of the interview.

Interview with Buddy Daye by H.W. Wells

Item consists of a draft typed transcript of an interview by Harry Wells of Delmore "Buddy" Daye (1928-1995), dated September 8, 1969. At the time of the interview, Daye was a involved in the Black United Front (BUF), Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP), the Halifax Dartmouth Welfare Centre, among others, and had recently run for provincial office for Halifax Needham with the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

Interview with Clyde Bishop by Harry Wells

Item consists of a typed transcript of Harry Wells's interview of Clyde Bishop, dated September 7, 1970. At the time of the interview, Bishop was President of the Lake Loon and Cherry Brook Development Association, Vice President of the NSAACP (Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People), and on the executives of several other committees.