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Williams, Dolly

Black Women Who Made a Difference in Nova Scotia / edited by Dolly Williams.  Nova Scotia : Congress of Black Women of Canada, 2007. 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 B42 2007 - Open Shelf

This book reflects a few of the Unsung Black Women in Nova Scotia past and present. These women tell us about their untiring works and their dedication, commitment, love of families and communities.

Women, Black — Nova Scotia — Biography
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Colaiacovo, Tony, 1956-

The Times of African Nova Scotians : a Celebration of Our History, Culture and Traditions ; An Interactive Study Book / publisher and editor Tony Colaiacovo.  Halifax : Effective Publishing, 2008. 34 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 2 posters.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 T558 2008 - Open Shelf

Gibson, Ethel L.

My journey through eternity : an autobiography / by Ethel L. Gibson.  1st ed. Dartmouth : Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1988. 15, 5 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.388 #5 - Vertical File

Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.

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White, Jay

Portia : a portrait / by Jay White.  1992. 6 pages : ills., ports.; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.378 #3 - Vertical File

Downes, Marguerite A.

Military & music : personal reflections / Marguerite A. Downes.  published by the Black Cultural Centre, 1990. 12 pages : illustrations, ports.; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.349 #8 - Vertical File

Women in the military — Nova Scotia
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Best, Carrie M.

That lonesome road : the autobiography of Carrie M. Best New Glasgow : Clarion, 1977. vi, 258 pages : illustrations, ports. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PN4874 B561

Africville : a spirit that lives on Halifax : Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1989. 24 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV4050 H17 A258

Co-published by Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Africville Genealogy Society, and National Film Board, Atlantic Centre. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, Oct. 1989, and touring Canada from July 1990-Dec. 1992, thereafter to be on permanent display at the Black Cultural Centre, Westphal, Dartmouth. Issued also in French.

Africville Genealogy Society
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
Mount Saint Vincent University. Art Gallery
National Film Board of Canada. Atlantic Centre.

Blacks — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — Exhibitions
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Barkhouse, Murray R.

Famous Nova Scotians / by Murray R. Barkhouse.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1994. 161 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2305 B37 1994 - Open Shelf

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Grant, John N

Black Nova Scotians / John N. Grant ; drawings by Azor Vienneau.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 1980, 1984. 47 pages : illustrations. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 N3 G762 1984 - Open Shelf

Biographical material courtesy Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

Vienneau, Azor.

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Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
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Grant, John N

Black Nova Scotians / John N. Grant ; drawings by Azor Vienneau.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 1980. 47 pages : illustrations. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 N3 G762 - Open Shelf

Biographical material courtesy Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

Vienneau, Azor.

Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Nova Scotia Museum.

Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History.

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Pachai, Bridglal

My Africa, my Canada / Bridglal Pachai.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1989. 219 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 B613 P116 M995 - Open Shelf

Thomson, Colin A.

Born with a call : a biography of Dr. William Pearly Oliver, C.M / by Colin A. Thomson.  Dartmouth : Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1986. i, 157 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 O48 T479 - Open Shelf

The Shelburne Black loyalists : a short biography of all Blacks emigrating to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia after the American revolution 1783 / an edited transcription by Ruth Holmes Whitehead.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 294 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #94

Robertson, Carmelita

Black loyalists of Nova Scotia : tracing the history of Tracadie loyalists 1776-1787 / by Carmelita Robertson.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 146 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #91

               

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