"From The Archives: In 1990, Former Africville Residents Discuss The Legacy Of Trauma," In CBC News, 18 June 2021.
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"From The Archives: In 1990, Former Africville Residents Discuss The Legacy Of Trauma," In CBC News, 18 June 2021.
Description
This CBC article highlights a documentary featuring Irvine and Daisy Carvery, two former Africville residents. Through their personal stories, this piece captures the community’s resilience, daily life, and the challenges of displacement following the city of Halifax’s demolition of Africville. The article preserves and shares these firsthand experiences, ensuring that the voices and memories of residents remain central to Africville’s history. By documenting the Carverys’ reflections, it connects past and present, showing how the legacy of Africville continues to influence descendants and public understanding today. It helps re‑center the voices of descendants and ensures that Africville’s legacy is not reduced to facts about demolition and protest, but remembered as a lived, vibrant community shaped by individuals and families.
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CBC Archives
Source
CBC News
Publisher
CBC
Date
18 June 2021
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CBC
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Citation
CBC Archives, “"From The Archives: In 1990, Former Africville Residents Discuss The Legacy Of Trauma," In CBC News, 18 June 2021.,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/642.