AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS

Origins of the African Nova Scotian Community

moved the Maroons to Sierra T Leone. The next major wave of X community has a long and immigration occurred in the years rich history. For several hundred following the War of 1812, when years, people of African descent approximately 2000 Black have lived in Nova Scotia. Black refugees arrived in Nova Scotia. settlement in Nova Scotia goes as During the pre-World War I peri• far back as 1605, when Mathieu od of industrial growth, immi• Da Costa, believed to be the first grants from the West Indies were person of African descent to recruited to work for the arrive in Canada, traveled with Dominion Coal Company, in the expedition that founded Port Cape Breton. Royal. The years following the American Although people of African War of Independence brought descent continue to immigrate to over 3000 Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia, the majority of Nova Scotia from the Thirteen African Nova Scotians are Colonies. Disappointed with the descended from pre-1820 settlers. poverty and discrimination they Nova Scotian poet, George Elliott found in Nova Scotia, almost a Clarke, has coined the name third of these Black Loyalists "Africadian" to describe this long• departed for Sierra Leone in standing community. 1792. In 1796, over 500 exiled - Jamaican rebels, known as the Maroons, were deported to Nova Scope of this Resource list: Scotia. Four years later, to avoid the cost of maintaining the This list includes materials by and Maroons, the British Government about African Nova Scotians. Contents •••AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AfricviMe • 3 Art & Literature • 4 Biography • 6 Business • 8 Current Issues • 9 Education • 10 History • 11 Music • 17 Religion • 19 Sports • 21 Finding Out More • 21 Photographs • 24

Halifax Public Libraries, 2004 AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Africville, women on hill with TTTTTTTYTTTTYTTTTTTTT four youths, 1950. Africville NSARM, Bob Brooks fonds, 1989-468 Series C, sheet 6

"Africville," by Harold Kalman. In A History of Canadian Architecture, Africville Relocation Report, 675-676. Toronto: Oxford University Supplement, by Donald H. Clalrmont. Press, 1995. Halifax: Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousle University, 1975. "Africville," by Alfreda WIthrow. In One City, Many Communities, 11 "Atrlcvllle Saga." In Halifax's North 12. Halifax: Nimbus, 1999. End: An Anthropologist Looks at the City, by Paul A. Erickson. Africville: A Spirit That Lives On: A Hantsport: Lancelot, 1986. Collaboration of The Art Gallery, Mt. St. Vincent University, the Africville: The Life and Death of a Africville Genealogy Society, the Canadian Black Community, by Black Cultural Centre for Nova Donald H. Clalrmont and Dennis Scotia and the National Film William Maglll. Toronto: Canadian Board. Halifax: The Art Gallery, Scholars' Press, 1999. Mount St. Vincent University, 1989. "Children of Atrlcvllle," by Craig Africville Not for Sale [sound Benjamin. Cities, July-August 1988, 6. recording], produced by Sean Flynn and Dean Smith. Halifax: Nova Scotia From Africville to New Road: How Public Interest Research Group, 1996. Four Communities Planned Their Development, by Althea J. Tolllver, Africville Relocation Report, by James A. Francois, and the Watershed Donald H.Clalrmont and Dennis W. Joint Action Committee. Dartmouth: Maglll. Halifax: Institute of Public Watershed Joint Action Committee / Affairs, Dalhousle University, 1973. Black United Front, 1983.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "Just a Minute," by Stephanie Domet. Black Express [magazine] 1981-1982 The Coast, 18 March 1999, 11-12. Black Focus [magazine] 199S. Recommendations Made to City "Black Nova Scotian Literature: A Council Regarding the Submission Select Bibliography," by Bernlce M of Irvine Carvery of the Africville Moreau. Journal of Education, No. Genealogy Society Concerning the 400 (April, 1987): 46-SO. Africville Relocation Program 1962-1969: Report, by Halifax City Blue, by George Elliott Clarke. Council. Halifax: City Council, 1994. Vancouver- Polestar, 2001

Remember Africville [vldeorecord- Borrowed Beauty, by Maxine Tynes. Ing]. Montreal: National Film Board of Porter's Lake: Pottersfield Press, 1987 Canada, 1991 Borrowed Beauty [sound recordlngi, The Spirit of Africville, by Charles R. by Maxine Tynes. Porter's Lake: Saunders. Halifax: Formac, 1992. Pottersfield Soundtracks, 1994.

"The Unsettlement of Atrlcvllle," by Canaan Odyssey: A Poetic Account Scott Roxborough. The Coast, IS of the Black Experience in North June 199S, 12, 14, 22. America, by George A. Borden. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor "Winter In Atrlcvllle," by Charles Nova Scotia, 1988. Saunders. Provincial Monitor February 1991, 4. "Casualties," and other poems, by George Elliott Clarke. In Voices: Canadian Writers of African Descent, edited by Ayanna Black. Art & Literature Toronto: HarperCollins, 1992. •••••••AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Collection of Poems, by Cynthia Ann Chandler. Halifax: Halifax Regional Atlantic Black Journal [magazine] Police Service, 1997 1973-74 Consecrated Ground: A Play, by Beatrice Chancy, by George Elliott George EIroy Boyd. Winnipeg: Clarke. Victoria: Polestar Book Blizzard, 1999. Publishers, 1999. Coppertone: The Canadian Negro Beyond the Dark Horizon, by Magazine [magazine]. 1966- Raymond L. Parker Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1987 The Door of My Heart, by Maxine Tynes. Lawrencetown Beach: "Black Alley Tramp," and Other Pottersfield Press, 1993. Poems, by Gloria Wesley. In Canada in Us Now: The First Anthology of Ebony Express [magazine]. 1979- Black Poetry and Prose in Canada, 1981 edited by Harold Head. Toronto: NC Press, 1976. Execution Poems: The Black Acadian Tragedy of "George and Black Arts Directory for Nova Rue," by George Elliott Clarke. Scotia. Halifax: Black Arts Project, Woltvllle: Gaspereau Press, 2001 1996. Eyeing the North Star: Directions Black Atlantic Writers of the in African- Canadian Literature, Eighteenth Century: Living the edited by George Elliott Clarke. New Exodus in England and the Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Americas, edited by Adam Potkay. 1997 New York: St. Martin's Press, 199S.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "Listen to the Language" and "Shoes," by Sylvia Hamilton, and "Why," by Stefan Collins. In Fiery Spirits, edited by Ayanna Black. Toronto: Harper Collins, 1994.

Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems, 1978-1993, by George Elliott Clarke. Lawrencetown Beach: Pottersfield Press, 1994.

Lush Dreams, Blue Exile [sound recording], by George Elliott Clarke. Porter's Lake: Pottersfield Soundtracks, 1994.

"Medicine, Magic, Weaponry, Love: Maxine Tynes' Poetry," byJeanette Lynes. In Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada, 117-128. Lockport: Roseway Publishing, 1999.

A Mighty Long Way!, by George A. George Elliott Clarke Borden. Dartmouth: G.A.B. Consulting, 2000. Fire on the Water- An Anthology Music from the Sky, [juvenile fiction] of Black Nova Scotian Writing, by Denlse Glllard. Vancouver- Douglas edited by George Elliott Clarke. 2v. and Mclntyre, 2001 Porter's Lake: Pottersfield, 1991 Native Song: Poetry and Paintings, Footprints, images and by David Woods. Porter's Lake: Reflections: An Ethical Analysis of Pottersfield, 1990. the Social Experiences and Relationships of Blacks in Nova Newsletter / Black Cultural Society Scotia, by George A. Borden. - Society for Protection and Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia, 1993. Nova Scotia [magazine]. 1980-1982.

"George Elliott Clarke b. 1960 Odysseys Home: Mapping African- (Windsor, Nova Scotia)." In Making a Canadian Literature, by George Difference: Canadian Multicultural Elliott Clarke. Toronto: University of Literature, edited by Smaro Toronto Press, 2002. Kambourell. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996. Preserver [magazine]. 1987 "George Elliott Clarke," "Sylvia Provincial Monitor [magazine]. Hamilton," "Maxine Tynes" and 1990-1991 "Gloria Wesley Daye."ln Other Voices: Writings hy Blacks in Quehecite, by George Elliott Clarke. Canada, edited by Lorrls Elliott. Woltvllle: Gaspereau Press, 2003. Toronto: Williams-Wallace, 198S. Rachel. Book One: A Mighty Big Grasp [magazine]. 1970-1979? imagining, [juvenile fiction] by Lynne Kosltsky. Toronto: Penguin, 2001 The Jet Journal [magazine] August- October, 198S.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Rachel. Book Two: The Maybe "Benjamin Jackson (1835-1915)," by House, [juvenile fiction] by Lynne John V. Duncanson. Nova Scotia Kosltsky. Toronto: Penguin, 2002. Genealogist, 5 no. 1 (1987): 10-11

Rap [magazine]. 1986-1987 Black Mother, Black Daughter [vldeorecordlngj. Montreal: National Saltwater Spirituals and Deeper Film Board of Canada, 1989. Blues, by George Elliott Clarke. Porter's Lake: Pottersfield Press, 1983. Black Nova Scotians, by John N. Grant. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, Save the World for Me, by Maxine 1980. Tynes. Porter's Lake: Pottersfield, 1991 Born with a Call: A Biography of Dr. William Pearly Oliver, CM., by Sistervisions 111: Through Our Eyes, Colin A. Thomson. Dartmouth: Black by Pamela Edmonds. Halifax: Art Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1986. Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2000. "Boston King: A Negro Loyalist Who "Taking Measure of Maxine," by Sought Refuge In Nova Scotia," by Sharon Eraser. Atlantic Insight, Phyllis R. Blakeley. Dalhousle September 1987 16-18. Review (Autumn, 1968): 347-356.

"Tightrope Time," by Walter Borden. "The Boston Tarbaby [Sam Langtordj," Callboard, v 24, no.2. September, by Dr. Alexander Young, Jr. The Nova 1986. Scotia Historical Quarterly 4 no.3 (1974): 277-298. "A Tribute to Black Nova Scotian Poets." The Preserver August 1999, "David George: Black Loyalist," by 8-10. Kathleen Tudor. Nova Scotia Historical Review 3 no.1 (1983): Two, by George!, by George EIroy 71-82. Boyd. Lahave: Stage Hand, 1996. Dr. William Pearly Oliver and the We Share His Dream: Martin Search for Black Self-Identity in Luther King Jr. Tantallon: Tantallon Nova Scotia, by Bridglal Pachal. Elementary School & Allan W. Evans Halifax: Saint Mary's University School, 1990. International Education Center, 1979.

Whylah Falls, by George Elliott Famous Nova Scotians, by Murray Clarke. Vancouver- Polestar, 2000. R. Barkhouse. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1994. Whylah Falls: The Play, by George Elliott Clarke. Toronto: Playwrights "Heroism Far From Home: Petty Canada Press, 1999. Officer William Hall VC," by Brent Fox. In Captain Calls: 300 Years of Woman Talking Woman, by Maxine Nova Scotia Military History, 58-61, Tynes. Porter's Lake: Pottersfield, 114. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1993. 1990. "I Never Knew" Part 1, by Juanlta Pleasant. Nova Scotia: Reflections, TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYTVYTY 2000. Biography In Commemoration of Portia White, Sunday, October 26, 1997- Ceremony Program, by Historic Sites Afro-Nova Scotian Portraits. and Monuments Board of Canada. Halifax: The Chronicle Herald, 1993. Ottawa: 1997

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "Murdered Promise [James Robinson JohnstonI," by Dean Jobb. In Bluenose Justice: True Tales of Mischief, Mayhem and Murder 170-176.Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1993.

My Africa, My Canada, by Bridglal Pachal. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1989.

My Grandmother's Days, by Viola L. Parsons. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1988.

My Journey through Eternity: An Autobiography, by Ethel J. Gibson. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1988.

My Valley Heritage, by Juanlta Pleasant. New MInas: Reflections Publishing, 1999.

"Naming Names, Naming Ourselves: A William Hail, VC. Survey of Early Black Women In Nova NSARM, C. Bruce Fergusson fonds, Scotia," by Sylvia Hamilton. In We're 1980-30/1 Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women's History, edited by Peggy Invisible Shadows: A Black Bristow. Toronto: University of Woman's Life in Nova Scotia, by Toronto Press, 1994. Verna Thomas. Halifax: Nimbus, 2002. Nova Scotians at Home and Leading the Way: Black Women in Abroad: including Biographical Canada, by Rosemary Sadlier. Sketches of Over Six Hundred Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1994. Native-Born Nova Scotians, by Allan Everett Marble. Windsor- The Life & Thoughts of Tony Lancelot Press, 1989. Johnstone, by Tony Johnstone. Tantallon: Four East, 1990. "Portia White's Spiritual Winter," by Jay White. Collections of the Royal The Life of Boston King: Black Nova Scotia Historical Society 44 Loyalist, Minister and Master (1996): 1-14. Carpenter by Boston King. Halifax:' Nimbus, 2003. Rhythm Stick to Freedom [video- recording] [s.l.], Toronto: Great North "Mathieu Da Costa Along the Coasts Productions, 1998. of Nova Scotia: Some Possibilities," by John Johnston, Journal of the Royal Root and a Name, by Pearleen Oliver Nova Scotia Historical Society 4 [s.l. s. n.], 1977 (2001): 152-164. "Sam Langtord-Nova Scotia's Millennium Minds 100 Black Uncrowned World Champion," by Canadians, by W. P. Holas. Ottawa: Stanley T Splcer. In Maritimers Pan-Atrlcan Publications, 2000. Ashore and Afloat, Volume 2, 136- 143. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1994. "The Search for Black Self-Identity In "William Hall, V.C.," by Stanley T. Nova Scotia: (An Excerpt from a Splcer. In Maritimers Ashore and Biography of Dr. William P. Oliver)", by Afloat, Volume 1 63- 67 Hantsport: Bridglal Pachal. Journal of Lancelot Press, 1993. Education (Spring, 1978): 18-34. "William Hall, V.C of Horton Bluff, "Stephen Blucke: The Perils of Being a Nova Scotia: Nineteenth-Century Naval 'White Negro' In Loyalist Nova Scotia," Hero," by David W. States. In by Barry Cahlll. Nova Scotia Collections of the Royal Nova Historical Review 11 no.1 (1991): Scotia Historical Society 44 (1996): 129-134. 71-81

Story of Edith Clayton, by Clifford William Hail: Winner of the Clayton. Halifax: Halifax City Regional Victoria Cross, by Bridglal Pachal. Library, 1992. Tantallon: Four East Productions, 199S.

Story of Hattie Flint Gahriel, by Ida Gabriel. Halifax: Halifax City Regional rVTTTTTTTTTTTVT Library, 1989. Business "The Surgeon and the Sailor," by Arthur Bishop. In Our Bravest and Our Best: The Stories of Canada's Black Business Directory. Halifax: Victoria Cross Winners, 8-12. Black Business Initiative, 1997-2003. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 199S. Black Business initiative: Report of Talking Ahout a Life Story: An the Task Force. Halifax: The Task interview with Dr. Pearieen Oliver Force, 199S. [videorecording], by James Morrison. Dartmouth: Dartmouth Cable Black Business Initiative Society Television, 1992. Annual Report. Halifax: Black Business Initiative Society, 1999-2000. That Lonesome Road: The Autobiography of Carrie M. Best, Black to Business: The Periodical of by Carrie M. Best. New Glasgow: the Black Business Initiative. Clarion, 1977 Halifax: Black Business Initiative, 1997-.

Traditional Lifetime Stories: A Black Employment Program of Collection of Black Memories. (2 Nova Scotia: Summary of volumes) Dartmouth: Black Cultural Activities 1984 = Le Programme Center tor Nova Scotia, 1987 1990. D'emploi des Noirs en Nouvelle Ecosse: Resume des Activites pour "William Hall, Canada's First Naval 1984. (s.l.): Public Service Commission V.C.," by Phyllis R. Blakeley. Dalhousle of Canada, 198S. Review (Autumn, 19S7): 2S0-2S8. Directory, by the Black Business "William Hall-V.C," by Norma Consortium Society, [s.l.]: The Society, Crelghton. In Talk Ahout the Valley: 1982. Stories from Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, edited by Hilary Preston Area Business Directory. SIrcom, 73-7S. Halifax: Nimbus, 2001 Dartmouth: Preston Area Economic Development Office, 1992. "William Hall, V.C.," by Charles Bruce Fergusson. Journal of Education 17 no.2 (1967): IS-21

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Annual General Meeting of the Black Cultural Society, by the Black Cultural Society. Halltax: Society tor the Protection and Preservation ot Black Culture In Nova Scotia, 2000.

'"Bitterly Disappointed' at the Spread ot 'Colour-Bar Tactics'- Viola Desmond's Challenge to Racial Segregation, Nova Scotia, 1946." In Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950, by Constance Backhouse, 226-271 Toronto: University ot Toronto Press, 1999.

Black and Bluenose: The Contemporary History of a Black Community, by Charles R. Saunders. East Lawrencetown: Pottersfield Press, 1999.

"Black Renaissance," by George Elliott Clarke. In Toward a New Delmore "Buddy" Daye, Maritimes: A Selection from Ten photograph courtesy of Communications Years of New Maritimes, edited by Nova Scotia Ian McKay and Scott Mllsom. Cbarlottetown: Ragweed, 1992. Final Report on Consultations with Citizenship, Culture, and the Black the African Nova Scotian Community, by Pamela G. Appelt. Community, by Dr. Wanda Thomas Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Bernard. Halltax: W.T. Bernard and F Nova Scotia, 1988. WIen, 2001

Cultural Pluralism, Multiculturalism, Footprints, Images, and and Community Development, by Reflections: An Ethical Analysis of Gilbert N. Scott. Dartmouth: Black the Social Experiences and Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 198/ Relationships of Blacks in Nova Scotia, by George A. Borden. Discrimination Against Blacks in Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia: The Criminal Justice Nova Scotia, 1993. System, by Wilson A. Head and Don Clalrmont. Halltax: Royal Commission No More Secrets [videorecording]. on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Halltax: Maroon Films and the African Prosecution (N.S.) 1989. United Baptist Association Women's Institute, 1999. Dites-Le etre Jeunes et Noirs en Nouvelle - Ecosse [videorecording]. Racism Makes You Sick-It's a Montreal: National Film Board ot Deadly Disease: Report on the Canada, 1994. Racism, Violence and Health Project's First Halifax Black "Fight at Auburn High," by Anne Community Forum. Halltax: Racism, Bains. This Magazine, July/August Violence and Health Project, 2003. 1997 22-27

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Taking Action: Progress Report on the Federal Response to the Recommendations of the Nova Scotia Advisory Group on Race Relations, by Multiculturalism & Citizenship Canada. Ottawa: The Department, 1992.

Task Force on Government Services to the Nova Scotian Black Community: [draft report], by Nova Scotia Task Force on Government Services to the Nova Scotian Black Community. Halltax: Department ot Community Services, 1996.

Universality of Human Rights and Wayne Adams the Black Experience: A Collection of Speeches, by Stanley G. Grizzle and others. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Report of the Incident Review Centre tor Nova Scotia. [Between 1988 Committee, by Halltax (N.S.) Police and 19921. Department Incident Review Committee. Halltax: The Committee, Visible Minorities in Nova Scotia: 1991 A Call for Equality, by Evelyn Jackson. Halltax: Nova Scotia Human Report of the Nova Scotia Rights Commission, 1973. Advisory Group on Race Relations, by Nova Scotia Advisory Group on Race Relations (Canada). Halltax: The Advisory Group, 1991 Education Somebody's Daughter: Inside the Halifax/ Toronto Pimping Ring, by Phonse Jessome. Halltax: Nimbus, "Adult Education Among Black Nova 1996. Scotians: 1750-1945," by Bernlce M. Moreau. Journal of Education, no. Speak It! From the Heart of Black 400 (April, 1987): 29-35. Nova Scotia [videorecording]. Montreal: National Film Board ot "Adult Education Among the Negroes Canada, 1993. ot Nova Scotia," by Gwendolyn V. Shand. Journal of Education, 10 No. Speak It! From the Heart of Black 1 (1961): 11-21 Nova Scotia: A User's Guide, by Sylvia Hamilton and others. Halltax: "African Canadians Organizing tor Black Educators Association, 1995. Educational Change," by Agnes Calllste. In Educating African Struggle for Development: The Canadians, edited by Keren S. Black Communities of North & Bralthwalte and Carl E. James. East Preston and Cherry Brook, Toronto: James Lorlmer, 1996. Nova Scotia, 1784-1987, by Mohamed HagI Abucar. Dartmouth: Anti-Racism Policy: As Regards Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, Aboriginal, Black and Visible 1988. Etbnocultural Persons, by the Halltax District School Board. Halltax: Submissions..., by the Royal The Board, 1995. Commission on the Donald Marshall Jr. Prosecution (N.S.). Halitax: The Commission, 1989.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Anti-Racism Policy: Draft for Internal, External Review, by the Advisory Committee on Anti-Racism Programs and Policies. Halifax: Halifax District School Board, 1994.

BLAC Report on Education: Redressing Inequity Empowering Black Learners, by Black Learners Advisory Committee (N.S.). Halltax: Black Learners Advisory Committee, 1994.

"Blackness and Maritime Studies," by Joy Manette and "Black History In the Maritimes: Major Themes and Teaching Strategies," by James St. G. Walker. In Teaching Maritime Studies, edited by Philip Buckner.Frederlcton: Acadlensis, 1986.

Breaking Barriers: Report of the Task Force on Access for Black and Native People. Halltax: Dalhousle University, 1989. Dr. Ruth Johnson

Dalhousle Law School Programme for Indigenous Blacks and "Not only Skills—But People," by Dr. Mi'kmaq, by Dalhousle University W. P. Oliver. Journal of Education Faculty of Law. Halltax: Faculty ot Law, (Winter 1973- 74): 14- 16. 1998. Response to the Black Learners Education and income in the Advisory Committee Report on Watershed Area, by Kerry I. W. Education. Black Learners Advisory Deagle. Dartmouth: Criterion Committee (N.S.) Halltax: Nova Scotia Research Associates, 1980. Department ot Education & Culture, 1995. An External Review of Cole Harbour District High School, by Dr. Telling the Truth: Reflections: Blye Frank and others. Halltax: Halltax Segregated Schools in Nova Regional School Board, 1997 Scotia, by Doris Evans and Gertrude Tynes. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1995. Minority Group Perceptions of the Goals of Education for Nova Scotia Schools: Acadians, Blacks, Non- Status Indians, Status Indians, by Keith Sullivan. Halltax: Atlantic History Institute ot Education [and] Secretary ••••AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ot State, 1982. "African-American Refugees to "The Negro In Nova Scotia," by Rev. Annapolis Royal and Saint John, 1783: W. P. Oliver. Journal of Education 13 A Ship Passenger List," by D. G. Bell. no. 2 (1964): 18-21 Nova Scotia Historical Review 16 no.2 (1996): 71-81 "Negro School Segregation In Ontario and Nova Scotia," by Robin W. Winks. African Presence in Nova Scotia, by Canadian Historical Review 50 no. 2 Bridglal Pachal. Halltax: [s. n.], 1992. (1969): 164-191

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Archaeological Surveys in Two The Black Loyalist Directory: Black Communities, 1998: African Americans in Exile After Surveying the Tracadie Area and the American Revolution, edited by Testing Two Sites in Birchtown, by Graham Russell Hodges. New York: Stephen Beaumont Powell. Halltax: Garland, In Association with the New Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996. Back to Africa: George Ross and the Maroons: From Nova Scotia to "A 'Black Loyalist' In Cape Breton," by Sierra Leone, by Mavis C. Campbell. Janice Frallc-Brown. Nova Scotia Trenton, N.J.. Africa World Press, 1993. Genealogist 18 no. 2 (2000): 77-80.

Bear River Untapped Roots: "Black Loyalists." In Loyalist Guide: Moving Upward, by Florence L. Nova Scotia Loyalists and Their Bauld. Nova Scotia: Russell K. Grosse, Documents, complied by Jean 1997 Peterson and others. Halltax: Public Archives ot Nova Scotia, 1983. Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: The Survival of Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia's Blacks, by Bridglal Tracing the History of Tracadie Pachal. 2v. Halltax: Black Educators Loyalists 1776-1787 by Carmellta Association ot Nova Scotia, 1987 1991 Robertson. Halltax: Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. The Black Battalion, 1916-1920: Canada's Best Kept Military Secret, Black Loyalists: The Search for a by Calvin W. Ruck. Rev. Ed. Halltax: Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Nimbus, 1987 Sierra Leone, 1783-1870, by James W. St. G. Walker. Toronto: University Black Canadians: History, ot Toronto Press, 1992. Experience, Social Conditions, by Joseph Mensah. Halltax: Fernwood, Black Oral History. Halltax: [s.l. s.n., 2002. 1990?].

A Black Community Album Before "Black People Vaccinated at 1930. Halltax: Art Gallery, Mount Saint Barrlngton Township," by Terrence M. Vincent University, 1983. Punch. Nova Scotia Genealogist 4 no. 2 (1986): 97-98. Black Community Profile: A Survey of the Black Population of New "The Black Population ot Preston, Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Summer Halltax County In 1847," by Terrence 1973, Halltax: Nova Scotia Human M. Punch. Nova Scotia Genealogist Rights Commission, 1973. 4 no. 1 (1986): 39-40.

Black History Month. Dartmouth: Blacks, by Bridglal Pachal. Tantallon: The Dally News, 2001 Four East, 1995.

Black History Month Resource Blacks and Whites: The Nova Guide: Nova Scotia. Halitax: Black Scotia Race Relations Experience, History Month Association, 1994. by Donald Hayden Clalrmont and Fred WIen. [s.l. • s.n.]: 1976. Black Identity in Nova Scotia: Community and Institutions in Blacks in Canada: A History, by Historical Perspective, by James W. Robin W. Winks. Montreal: McGIII- St. G. Walker. Dartmouth: Black Queen's University Press, 1997 Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1985.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Wedding of Richard Tynes and Mary Ann Borden, 1898. "Blacks in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick," In Blacks in Canada: In NSARM, Joan Payzant Collection, 1983-396/1 Search of the Promise, by Francine Govia and Helen Lewis. Edmonton: Harambee Centre Canada, 1988. Canada's Black Battalion: No.2 Construction, 1916-1920, by Calvin Blacks of the Maritimes, by Bridglal W. Ruck. Dartmouth: Society for Pachal. Tantallon: Four East, 1987 Protection and Preservation of Black Culture In Nova Scotia, 1986. "Bondage and Freedom: Apprentices, Servants and Slaves In Colonial Nova Clarkson's Mission to America Scotia," by Allen Robertson. 1791-1792, by John Clarkson. Halifax: Collections of the Royal Nova Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1971 Scotia Historical Society 44 (1996): 57-70. Conditions of the Negroes of Halifax City, Nova Scotia: A Study, "Boston King: a Black Loyalist," by conducted by the Institute of Public Phyllis R. Blakeley. In Eleven Exiles: Affairs, Dalhousle University. Halifax: Accounts of Loyalists of the The Institute, 1962. American Revolution, edited by Phyllis R. Blakeley and John N. Grant.' "Cultural Progress (of the) Negro In Toronto: Dundurn, 1982. Nova Scotia," by W.P. Oliver. Dalhousie Review (October 1949): "Bound for Nova Scotia: Slaves In the 293-300. Planter Migration, 1759-1800," by Gary C. Hartlen. In Making A Documentary Study of the Adjustments: Change and Establishment of the Negroes in Continuity in Planter Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Between the War of 1759-1800, ed. Margaret Conrad, 123- 1812 and the Winning of 128. Frederlcton: Acadlensis Press, Responsible Government, by 1991 Charles Bruce Fergusson. Halifax: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1948. Brief Summary of Nova Scotia Negro Communities, by William "Early Blacks of Nova Scotia," by John Pearly Oliver [s.l s.n.], 1964. N. Grant. Journal of Education (Fall, 1997): 15-30.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "Early Pioneers": A Heritage of Hymn to Freedom: Part II. Against Faith and Courage: Upper the Tides: The Jones Family [video- Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. recording]. Mississauga: International [s.l.]: privately printed, 1978. Tele-film, 1994.

Edith Clayton's Market Basket: A Identity: The Black Experience in Heritage of Splintwood Basketry Canada, by James W. Walker and in Nova Scotia, by Joleen Gordon, Patricia Thorvaldson. Toronto: Ontario Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, 1977 Educational Communications Authority: Gage Educational "The 1821 Emigration of Black Nova Publishing Ltd., 1979. Scotians to Trinidad," by John N. Grant. The Nova Scotia Historical Immigration and Settlement of Quarterly 2 no. 3 (1972): 283-292. the Black Refugees of the War of 1812 in Nova Scotia and New Folklore from Nova Scotia, by Brunswick, by John N. Grant. Arthur Huff Fauset. New York: Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre for American Folk-Lore Society, 1931 Nova Scotia, 1990.

Forgotten Canadians: The Blacks In Our Time, by Robert Ffrench. of Nova Scotia, by Frances Henry. Dartmouth: Black Star Books, 1995. Don Mills: Longman Canada, 1973. Jamaica Maroons! How They "400 Years of Nova Scotian History," Came to Nova Scotia, How They by Isaac Saney and Gary Zatzman. Left It, by Douglas Brymner Toronto: Shunpiking 2 no. 11 (February/March Canadiana House, 1968. 1997): 1-8. Journey: African Canadian History "400 Years of Nova Scotian History." Study Guide, by Craig M. Smith. Shunpiking (February/March 1998): Yarmouth: C.M.S. Publishing, 2000. Supplement 1-12. The Kids Book of Black Canadian Freedom-Seekers: Blacks in Early History, by Rosemary Sadlier. Toronto: Canada, by Daniel G. Hill. Don Mills: Kids Can Press, 2003. Stoddard, 1992. Loyalist and Land Settlement in From Slavery to Freetown: Black Nova Scotia, by Marlon Gilroy. Loyalists After the American Halifax: Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Revolution, by Mary Louise Clifford. 1937 Jefferson: McFarland, 1999. A Loyalist Document—Return of "The Guysborough Negroes: A Study Negroes and Their Families, Annapolis in Isolation," by G.A. Rawlyk. Co.," by Terrence Punch. Nova Scotia Dalhousie Review 48, no. 1 (1968): Genealogist 1 no. 1 (1983): 20-21 24-36. Loyalties [videorecording]. Montreal: Hammonds Plains: The First National Film Board of Canada, 1999. Hundred Years, by Dorothy Bezanson Evans. Halifax: Bounty Print, 1993. The Maroons in Nova Scotia, by John N. Grant. Halifax: Formac, 2002. History of the Townships of Dartmouth, Preston and "Murdered Promise." In Bluenose Lawrencetown, Halifax County, Justice: True Tales of Mischief, Nova Scotia, by Mrs William Lawson. Mayhem and Murder, by Dean Jobb. Halifax: Morton & Co., 1893. Lawrencetown Beach: Pottersfield, 1993. Honour Before Glory [videorecord• ing]. Toronto: Anthony Sherwood Productions, 2001

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Platoon 7, Firewatchers, 1943. NSARM. Halifax Civil Emergency Corps The Negro in Nova Scotia, 1686- fonds, 1995-188/41 1967- Canada's Centennial Year, by Nova Scotia Dept. of Education ( Adult Education Division). Nova Scotia: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Department, 1967 Commission: 25*^ Anniversary, 1967-1992: A History, edited and "The Negro Loyalists," by Evelyn B. compiled by Bridglal Pachal. Halifax: Harvey. Nova Scotia Historical The Commission, 1992. Quarterly 1 no. 3 (1971): 181-202. Out of the Past, into the Future: "Negroes in Barrlngton Township." In An Introductory Learning Guide, Through a Hole in the Fog, by by Robert Ffrench. Dartmouth: Pride Hattie Perry, 7-11 Barrlngton: Communications, 1994. Spindrift, 1991 "A People's Odyssey: 400 Years of "Negroes In the Maritimes: An Nova Scotian History." Shunpiking 4 Introductory Survey," by Robin W. no. 24 (February/March 1999):1 16. Winks. Dalhousie Review (Winter, 1968- 69): 453-471 "A People's Odyssey: 400 Years of Nova Scotian History." Shunpiking 5 "A Nominal List of Slaves and Their no. 32 (February/March, 2000): 1-20 Owners in lie Royale, 1713-1760," by Donovan Kenneth. Nova Scotia "Petition of the Coloured Population Historical Review 16 no. 1 (1996): of Hammonds Plain," by Terrence M. 151-162. Punch. Nova Scotia Genealogist 5 no. 1 (1987): 40. Nova Scotia Blacks: An Historical and Structural Overview, by Donald Pictorial on Black History, Nova H. Clalrmont and Dennis William Scotia. Halifax: Nova Scotia Human Magill. Halifax: Dalhousie University, Rights Commission, 1973 1970.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "1794 Poll Tax Rolls for Tracadie, Pomquet and Havre Boucher, Sydney (Now Antigonish County, N.S.)," by Mary (DeLorey) Ferguson. Nova Scotia Genealogist 10 no. 1 (1992): 24-25.

Share & Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, by Charles R. Saunders. Halifax: Nimbus, 1994.

The Shelburne Black Loyalists: A Short Biography of All Blacks Emigrating to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia After the American Revolution, 1783, by Ruth Holmes Whitehead. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, 2000.

"6th Annual Black History Supplement: People's Odyssey." Shunpiking 7 no. 2 (May, 2002): 7- 22.

James R. Johnston. "The Slave in Canada," by T. Watson NSARM, Notman Studio Coiiection, Smith. Collections of the Nova 1983-310/2573 Scotia Historical Society 10 (1896- 1898): 1-161

"Port Roseway Associates, the "Story of Deportation of Negroes from Provincial Regiments and the Freed Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone," by Sir Blacks," and "Freed Blacks." In King's A G. Archibald. Collections of the Bounty: A History of Early Nova Scotia Historical Society 7 Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Founded (1891):129-1S4. in 1783 by the Port Roseway Associates, Loyalists of the This Unfriendly Soil: The Loyalist American Revolution, by Marlon Experience in Nova Scotia 1783- Robertson, Halifax: Nova Scotia 1791, by Neil MacKinnon. Montreal: Museum, 1983. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986.

"Rescue and Reward: Corporal George Three-Five Mile Plains Study: Liston's Heroism on the Halifax Socio-Economic indicators Final Waterfront," by Judith Fingard. Assessment and Conclusions, by Royal Nova Scotia Historical John Connor and David Barnes. Society Journal 2, (1999): 145-154. Wolfville: Acadia University Institute, 1968. The Road Taken [videorecording]. Montreal: Selwyn Enterprises, Inc. with Trelawney Maroons and Sir John the National Film Board of Canada, Wentworth: The Struggle to 1996. Maintain Their Culture 1796-1800, by Lennox O'Riley Picart. Frederlcton: The Romance of Old Annapolis University of New Brunswick, 1993. Royal, by Charlotte I. Perkins. Annapolis Royal: Historical Trials and Triumphs: The Story of Association, 1985. African- Canadians, by Lawrence Hill. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1993. Seven Shades of Pale [videorecord• ing]. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada., 1975.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS "The Voyage from Nova Scotia to Canadian idol Greatest Moments Sierra Leone and the 20th [compact disc], Toronto: BMG Music, Anniversary," by Joyce Ross. Nova 2003 Scotia Genealogist 12 no. 2 (1994): 57-59. "Charles 'Bucky' Adams," "Four the Moment," and other sections. In Was This the Home of Stephen Rock, Rhythm and Reels, edited by Blucke?: The Excavation of AkDi- Lee Fleming. Cbarlottetown: Ragweed, 23, Birchtown, Shelburne County, 1997 by Laird Niven. Halifax: Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. Davie Wells, Singer-Songwriter, Performs [videorecording], by Bucky '"We Can Do As We Like Here'- An Adams. Halifax: East Coast Post & Analysis of Self-assertion and Agency Duplication, 1989. Among Black Refugees in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1813-1821," by Harvey Emillio [compact disc] by Kojo. Amani Whitfield. Acadlensis 32 no. 1 [Halifax, N.S.I: Calgary, Alberta: Kojo: (2002): 29-49. 2000.

"White Niggers, Black Slaves: Slavery, First You Dream [compact disc], by Race and Class in T.C. Haliburton's The Portia White. Ottawa: C. White, 1999. Clockmaker," by George Elliott Clarke. Nova Scotia Historical Review 14 no. 1 (1994): 13-40.

Music AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Africville [cassette], by Faith Nolan. Toronto: Multicultural Women in Concert, 1986.

"Africville." In Dual Vision [compact disc], by Joe Sealy. Toronto: Sea Jam, 1994.

"Africville" by Four the Moment. In Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993 [compact disc|. , Halifax: Flamingo Records, 1993.

Africville Suite [compact disc], by Joe Sealy. Toronto: Sea Jam Recordings, 1996. Portia White. NSARM Photo Collection: Black Music in Nova Scotia: Lift NS: Portraits: White, Portia Every Voice and Sing, Historical Calendar 1988. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1987 Four the Moment — Live! [compact Bucky Adams Story [videorecord• disc], by Four the Moment. Halifax: ing], by Bucky Adams. Halifax: East JAM Productions, 1993. Coast Post & Duplication, 1989. Freedom to Love [compact disc], by Faith Nolan. Vancouver- Aural Tradition Records, 1989.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS In My Soul [compact disc], by Four the Moment, [s.l.] Just a Minute Productions, 1995.

In the Light [compact disc], by Gospel Heirs. Halitax: Gospel Heirs Productions, 1991

International Gospel Festival '92 [programme] Halitax: Communications, Canada and Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada, 1992.

Jamie Coipitts, Guitarist and Bucky Adams Perform [videorecording], by Bucky Adams. Halitax: East Coast Post & Duplication, 1989.

Kongo-Connexion [compact disc], by Edo Matwawana and Atro-Musica. Dartmouth: Matwaking Beat Production, 2003.

Long Time Comin' [videorecording]. Montreal: National Film Board ot Canada, 1993.

Lord, You Brought Me a Mighty Long Way: An African Nova Bucky Adams Scotian Musical Journey [compact disc]. Halitax: Black Cultural Society ot Nova Scotia/The Canadian Hard to Imagine [cassette], by Faith Broadcasting Corporation, 1998. Nolan. Toronto: Multicultural Women in Concert, 1995. Makambo [compact disc], by Atro He Never Failed Me Yet [compact Musica. Dartmouth: Atro Musica, disc], by Nova Scotia Mass Choir. 1996. Halitax: CBC Maritimes, 1995. Milestones [compact disc], by Harvey Heaven [compact disc], by Nova Scotia Millar. Halltax: Jam Productions, 2001 Mass Choir. Halitax: Nova Scotia Mass Choir/Canadian Broadcasting Music of Jazz Guitarist Ivan Corporation, 1998. Symonds (With Musical Selections and Interviews) Horns in Harmony: Saxophonist [videorecording], by Bucky Adams. Layne Francis Performs and Halitax: East Coast Post & Duplication, Demonstrates Saxophone Repair 1989. Techniques [videorecording], by Bucky Adams. Only Me [compact disc], by Dutch Halitax: East Coast Post & Duplication, Robinson. Halitax: Long Way Home 1989. Productions, 2003.

In a Lovin Way [compact disci, by Pam Marsh, Pianist, Guitarist, Bucky Adams. Halitax: Bucky Adams Singer and Songwriter—In Publishing Company, 1996. Performance and Conversation [videorecording], by Bucky Adams. Halitax: East Coast Post & Duplication, 1989.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Piano Man: Oscar Peterson in Yesterday/Today [compact disc], by Conversation with Bucky Adams: Linda Carvery. Halifax: CBC Maritimes, Selections by Pianists Jeff Mitchell 2000 and Bill Stevenson [videorecording], by Bucky Adams. Halifax: East Coast Post & Distribution, 1989.

Roots: The Current Generation Religion Complication [compact disc]. Halitax: Jongleur Records, 1996. "Addle Aylestock," in No Burden To Sistership [cassette], by Faith Nolan. Carry: Narratives of Black Working Toronto: MWIC Records, 1987 Women in Ontario, 1920's 1950's, by Dionne Brand. Toronto: Women's StrSup North: The Album [compact Press, 1991 disc]. Halitax: Homiez Productions, 2002. A Brief History of the Colored Baptists of Nova Scotia, 1782-1953, The Time [compact disc], by Jamie by Pearleen Oliver. Halitax: privately Sparks. Halitax: Smash Track printed? 1953. Productions, 1998. A Brief History of the Colored Time Capsule [compact disc], by Baptists of Nova Scotia, 1783-1895, Universal Soul. Halitax: Whut Boy by Peter Evander McKerrow. Halitax: Records, 2003. Nova Scotia Department ot Education, 1976 [1895]. We're Still Standing [cassette], by Four The Moment. Halitax: Just a Cherry Brook United Baptist Minute Productions, 1987 Church: Celebrating Our 90* Anniversary, 1902-1922. Tha Wild Boyz Up in Here [compact Dartmouth, Cherry Brook United disc], [s.l.]: Ricochet Recordz, [200-?]. Baptist Church, 1992.

Colored Zion: The History of Zion United Baptist Church and the Black Community of Truro, Nova Scotia, by Donna Byard Sealey. Dartmouth: D. B. Sealey, 2000.

From Generation to Generation: Bi-Centennial of the Black Church in Nova Scotia 1785 - A Synopsis 1985, by Pearleen Oliver. Halitax: Black Cultural Society ot Nova Scotia, 1986.

From Slavery to Freedom: The Life of Oavid George, Pioneer Black Baptist Minister, by Grant Gordon. Hantsport: Lancelot, tor Acadia Divinity College and the Baptist Historical Committee ot the United Baptist Convention ot the Atlantic Provinces, 1992.

"God's House: Petitions ot Black People tor Churches," by Terrence M. Punch. Nova Scotia Genealogist 4 no. 2 (1986): 97

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS African Heritage Month Church McKerrow: A Brief History of the Service, Victoria Road Coloured Baptists of Nova Scotia, Baptist Church 1783-1895, by Frank Stanley Boyd, Mary Stanley Boyd, and Allen P. Skinner. Halitax: Atro Nova Scotian "A Tale ot Two Preachers: Henry Enterprise, 1976. Hartley, Francis Robinson and the Black Churches ot the Maritimes," by The Meeting at the Well: A Brief Judith Fingard. Royal Nova Scotia History Written in Historical Society Journal 5, (2002): Commemoration of the East 23- 43. Preston Ladies Auxiliary 69* Anniversary, compiled by Verna Three Nova Scotian Black Thomas and others. East Preston: East Churches: A Collection of Preston Ladies Auxiliary, 1987 Historical Essays. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1990. Moral, Political and Religious Significance of the Black Churches Victoria Rd. United Baptist Church: in Nova Scotia, by Peter J. Paris. 36 Victoria Rd., Dartmouth, N. S. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor ("Celebrating Our 145* Anniversary- Nova Scotia, 1989. 1844-1989.") Dartmouth: Victoria Rd. United Baptist Church, 1989. "The Reverend James Thomas and 'union ot all God's people'- Nova Whatever You Will Lord: A Brief Scotian African Baptist Piety, Unity and History Written in Division," by Philip G.A. Griffin- Commemoration of the 139* Allwood. Nova Scotia Historical Anniversary of Emmanuel Baptist Review 14 no 1 (1994): 153-168. Church, Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, by Willard Parker Song of the Spirit: 150* Clayton. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1984. Anniversary Beechville United Baptist Church, by Pearleen Oliver. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1994.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS sports

"James William Riley," by Geoffrey W. Kent. In Here Come the Vees: An Illustrated History of the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, 188-189. Halifax: Nimbus, 1997

"Little Chocolate," "Marjorie Turner," "Wayne Smith," and other entries. In Beyond Heroes: A Sports History of Nova Scotia, by Sandy Young. Hantsport: Lancelot, 1988.

The Kid's Baseball Book: An Autobiographical Guide for Canadian Youth and Coaches, by Curtis Coward and Tony Seed. Halitax: New Media Services Inc., 1994.

Nova Scotian Black Boxers: Reunion and Remembrance Night, Saturday, October 1, 1988, Halifax, N. S. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia, 1988. George Dixon. Nova Scotia Sports Personalities, NSARM Photo Collection: NS: Portraits: by Burton Russell. Kentville: B. Russell, Dixon, George 1975.

"Nova Scotia's Forgotten Boxing Heroes: Roy Mitchell and Terrence In the Reference 'Tiger' Warrington," by Brian Lennox. Department Nova Scotia Historical Review 12 no.2 (1992): 32-46. Periodical Indexes & Databases Sweat and Soul by Charles R. Saunders, Hantsport: Lancelot Press , Use a periodical or newspaper index and the Black Cultural Centre tor Nova to locate other articles about individu• Scotia, 1990. als, communities, or notable events:

Canadian Business and Current Affairs- CBCA (1993-present). Indexes Canadian magazines and select news• Finding Out More papers, with an emphasis on business or current events.

Canadian Business Index (1978- 1990). Indexes Canadian business mag• In the Catalogue azines. Use keywords like black or blacks, plus Nova Scotia and any additional Canadian index. (1993 1999). words such as biography, or busi• Indexes Canadian magazines and ness, or history, etc. in either a title newspapers. or subject heading keyword search.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Canadian News Index (1978 1992). Indexes Canadian newspapers. In the Community There are many significant community Canadian Periodical Index. (1920- groups representing the concerns and 2002). Indexes Canadian magazines. interests ot African Nova Scotians, such as the North Branch Library Readers' Guide to Periodical Women's Group, Black Educators Literature. (1919-present). Indexes Association of Nova Scotia and the American and some Canadian Black Cultural Centre for Nova magazines. Scotia. To see a complete listing ot community groups, use the Halitax Infotrac Online. Provides access to Public Libraries online Clubs & the General Magazine Index (1980- Organizations Database at present), primarily American in con• www.halitaxpubliclibraries.ca/ tent, and CPI-Q (1988-present), the clubsnorgs.html online version of the Canadian Periodical Index. Available via http://www.halitaxpubliclibraries.ca

ProQuest. 1985-present. Online access to Canadian newspapers. Available via http://www.halitaxpubliclibraries.ca

Many local, regional and monthly peri• odicals are not indexed by the above periodical sources. The Reference Department of the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library has produced an in-house index ot its books, magazines and vertical tiles, to aid staff in locating information about notable African Nova Scotians, signifi• cant events, businesses or communi• Black History Month Quiz ties. For inquires, please call 490-5710.

Vertical Files Websites African Canadian Fmployment Clinic Some Halitax Public Libraries branches http://www.acechtx.com have vertical tiles about African Nova Scotians, their communities and cul• African Heritage Month ture. These tiles contain newspaper http://www.dal.ca/~acswww/daibh.html articles, tour guides, brochures, maps, photocopies ot primary sources and Atro-Nova Scotian Communities other interesting items. For example: h tt p ://www. d a l.ca/~ a cs www/ atnscom.html Blacks-Biographies (North) Blacks-Black United Front (North) Black Artists Network ot Nova Scotia Blacks-National Anthem (North) http://www.banns.ca Blacks-Nova Scotia-Hammonds Plains (North) Black Business Initiative Blacks in Nova Scotia-Churches http://www.bbi.ca (Spring Garden) Halifax, N.S.-Redeveiopment- Black Cultural Centre tor Nova Scotia Africville (Spring Garden) http://www.bccns.com Preston (Alderney Gate) Race Relations-Nova Scotia-Cole Black Culture Interactive Harbour (Spring Garden) http://is.dal.ca/~bcichair Black Educators Association Many Rivers to Cross: The African- http://bea.eastlink.ca Canadian Experience http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/ggp/Exhibits Black History Month Association /ManyRivers/index.htm http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/B HMA Portia White Home Page http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~jay/pages/ Black Hockey Roots of Nova Scotia pwhite.html http://www.birthplaceothockey.com/ hockeyists/ atrican-n-s-teams/segr-inte Remembering Black Loyalists, Black gr.htm Communities in Nova Scotia http://museum.gov.ns.ca/BlackLoyalists/ Black Loyalist Heritage Society http://www.blackloyalist.com Sam E. Langtord: The Boston Terror http://www.intotechnology.org/blair/ sam1.html Black Organizations and Websites in Nova Scotia Dalhousie University StFX African Heritage Page Libraries http://www.sttx.ca/people/acallist/ htt p ://www. li b ra ry. d a I. ca/su bj ects/N S BI atriheri2.htm ack.htm Slavery in Nova Scotia Black Settlement in Nova Scotia http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/ http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/blkdata. story/ prejudice/slaves.htm jTtm

Captain ot Souls: Rev. William White http://www.whitepinepictures.com/ seeds/iii/32/

James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies clb/jm/lm/01/04 http://www.dal.ca/~jrjchair/jrj TTTYTTTTTTTTTTTYTVTTTTVTTTTYTTTYTTT Photographs/Biographical Notes

Charles R. "Bucky" Adams: Nova Scotian jazz musician, recipient of a number of music and broadcasting awards, is known tor his versatility in various music genres as well as his original compositions.

Wayne Adams: was the first African Nova Scotian MLA and Cabinet Minister ot the Nova Scotia Provincial Legislature.

Gary Beals: born in Cherry Brook, N.S., Gary Beals won national attention as one ot the final two contenders tor the top prize in the first Canadian Idol.

George Elliott Clarke: Nova Scotian poet, writer and academic, won the Governor General's Award tor English Poetry in 2001

Delmore W. "Buddy" Daye: former Canadian Junior Lightweight Boxing Champion, was also the first African Nova Scotian Sergeant-at-Arms tor the Nova Scotia Provincial Legislature.

George Dixon: born in Halltax, Dixon was the first boxer ot African descent to win a world title and the first profes• sional boxer to hold three world titles ( paperweight, ban• tamweight and featherweight divisions) at different times.

William Hall, VC: was the first Canadian sailor and the first African Canadian to be awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross.

Dr. Ruth Johnson: community activist, was awarded the honorary Doctor ot Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University tor her tireless work on behalf ot her community.

James R. Johnston: was the first African Nova Scotian to graduate with a degree in law (1898).

Portia White: Nova Scotia born classical singer, achieved international success performing in over 100 concerts, notably a command performance tor Queen Elizabeth II.

Historical photographs were provided courtesy of the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM).

Photograph of Delmore W. "Buddy" Daye provided courtesy of Communications Nova Scotia.

AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIANS Acknowledgement

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