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map of Cape Breton Island showing the location of Louisbourg

The Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in 1945 by Rev. William Pearly Oliver at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church. They wanted to improve living conditions for Black Nova Scotians and fight discrimination.…

This repair permit for the Seaview United Baptist Church highlights both the church’s significance in Africville and Deacon Ralph Jones’s commitment as an individual community leader. The permit shows that residents actively worked to maintain and…

This is a 1957 building permit application submitted by Matilda Newman, a resident of Africville. The permit, approved by the City of Halifax’s Office of the Building Inspector, is a record of Newman’s request “to occupy” a building within the…

Oliver Jones is another important African-Canadian pianist and Jazz musician, especially with regards to his influence on Little Burgundy, a neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec, which became a hub for African diaspora cultural expression. An influential…

This plaque is recognition from the government for the work that Hugh Burnett and the National Unity Association completed in the fight against racism. Their activism paved the way for the human rights movement in Canada cultivated many important…

A fact sheet stating detailed definitions and descriptions of how race is portrayed in Canada, how it fits into law, and how it is currently being processed.

Oscar Peterson is renowned not only domestically in Canada, but also more regionally, and even internationally as an influential African-Canadian artist and Jazz musician. One of his most popular songs, “Hymn To Freedom” published in 1963, was borne…