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Ajax Records was founded in 1921 as a subsidiary of the Compo Company, Canada’s first independent record-making factory, established in Lachine by Herbert S. Berliner. Recordings were produced in both Montreal and New York, closely coordinated,…

This was a photo taken of Afua Cooper, who helped build queer-inclusive Black feminist circles in Toronto in the 1980s-90s. She is best known as a poet and a scholar of Black Canadian history, but she helped lay the foundation for queer safe spaces…

A photograph from a jazz performance from Ma'afu Keteca in Vancouver, British Columbia.

This is a poster created by Emory Douglas and posted in the New York Times entitled “Afro-American Solidarity” in 1969, which depicts the image of a Black Panther (a woman part of the Black Panther social and political organization in the United…

This is a photograph of the Africville Sea-sides 1922 team that played in the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes. It highlights the pride, talent, and leadership found within Africville, and it connects strongly to the legacy of Aaron “Pa”…

This petition, signed by residents of Africvill,e aimed to have the city of Halifax install a community well. The petition shows a strong sense of community which existed in Africville, where they collectively pushed the city to provide them with…

The meeting was held in response to the July 1962 report of the development department of the City of Halifax recommending the elimination of Africville. During the meeting, Africville residents stated their opposition to the City's plans for…

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…

A photograph of Matilda Newman inside her grocery and confectionary store in Africville, this image captures Newman within the context of the everyday rhythm of her work. She's standing in front of shelves stocked with the goods she would have been…