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Rachel Stewart

29 February 2024

28m 13s

Africville

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In the 1960's, the City of Halifax decided to remove an area that they had determined to be a "slum." By 1970, the vibrant thriving community of Africville would be gone, and many of its citizens would not recover.

Sources:

Jennifer Nelson: Razing Africville

Dakshana Bascaramurty: On Africville, the razing and the racism (link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-africville-canada-news-coverage/)

Albert Rose: Report of a Visit to Halifax with Particular Respect to Africville

Shelagh Mackenzie: Remember Africville

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