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Peters, Juanita

I Made a Vow / written and directed by Juanita Peters ; producer, Kent Martin.  Canada : National Film Board of Canada, 2003. 1 videodisk : 52 mins ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321 N67 P74 DVD - Open Shelf

After a rough few years of on-again, off-again dating, Robbie and Sharon have finally decided to tie the knot. The couple are from North Preston, which is Nova Scotia's oldest Black community. Here weddings are larger than life, with bridesmaids by the dozen. Sharon wants it all. And Robbie... well, he just wants to get married. They have their hands full organizing a wedding party of more than 30, catering, invitations, bachelor parties, and the hall - often arguing about whether something really needs to be done right now. Toss in stress, sleepless nights, and money, money, money, and you've got a story that's by turns humorous and agonizingly frustrating. << I Made a Vow >> is an entertaining documentary with a stirring gospel soundtrack that reveals the ups and downs of nuptial planning in a unique and vibrant community where weddings are a huge affair.

Cain Thompson, Sandra
Cain, Robert
Weddings — Planning
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — North Preston — Biography
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Social life and customs

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Johnston, Justin

James Robinson Johnston : the life, death, and legacy of Nova Scotia's first black lawyer / Justin Johnston.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. xvii, 85 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KE416 J72 J72 2005

Lawyers — Nova Scotia Biography
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia Biography.

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Robart-Johnson, Sharon

Africa's children: a history of blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia / Sharon Robart-Johnson.  Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, 2009. 236 pages: illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 R629 2009 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — History
Yarmouth (N.S.) — History
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Biography
Yarmouth (N.S.) — Genealogy.

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Pachai, Bridglal

Historic Black Nova Scotia / Bridglal Pachai & Henry Bishop.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2006. vi, 130 pages : illustrations, facsims., portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 P116 2006 - Open Shelf

Pachai, Bridglal

Accidental opportunities : a journey though many doors : an autobiography / by Bridglal Pachai.  Halifax : Roseway Publishing, 2007. 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2327.1 P116 A3 2007 - Open Shelf

Murray, Brian

Long Road to Justice : the Viola Desmond Story / directed by Brian Murray.  Halifax : Province of Nova Scotia, 2011. 1 videodisc : digital.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC106 B6 L66 - Open Shelf

Published by the Nova Scotia Departments of Education and Communities, Culture and Heritage with Director, Brian Murray and Cinematographer, Dan Mombourquette.

Mombourquette, Dan

Province of Nova Scotia
Department of Education
Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage

Desmond, Viola
Racism — Nova Scotia — History
Black Canadians — Biography
Civil rights — Canada — History
Biographical documentary films

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