Africville : an African Nova Scotian community is demolished - and fights back / by Gloria Wesley. Toronto, ON : J. Lorimer & Co., 2019. 94 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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The community of Africville began in the early 1800s with the settlement of former American slaves and other black people on the Beford Basin, just north of Halifax. Over time the community grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, about 400 people lived in the tight-knit community of Africville. But the neighbourhood was not without its problems. Racist attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs outside the community and the City of Halifax denied the residents of Africville basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, and garbage collection. Despite being labeled a "slum," the community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. In the 1960s, in the name of urban renewal, the City of Halifax decided to demolish the community, relocate its residents and use the land for industrial development. Residents of Africville strongly opposed this move, but their homes were bulldozed and they were forced into public housing projects in other parts of the city, and promised, but did not receive social assistance to help them resettle. After years of pressure from former members of the community and their descendants, the City of Halifax finally apologized for the destruction of Africville and offered to pay compensation. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from former Africville residents, this book offers an account of the racism behind the injustices suffered by the community. It documents how the City destroyed Africville and finally apologized for it. Part of the "Righting Canada's Wrongs" Series.
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New housing requirements in metropolitan Halifax 1971-1981 / Mary L. Allen. 1975 1977. iv, 84 pages : illustrations, maps.
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Kidston Estates Halifax : Nova Scotia Dept. of Housing, 1987-. 1 folded sheet.
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Call for proposals development consultants / City of Halifax. Halifax the City, 1968. 26 pages; maps; 28 cm.
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Catholic Social Services Commission (Archdiocese of Halifax). Social Action Committee
Report of the Social Action Committee as approved by the Catholic Social Action Committee as approved by the Catholic Social Services Commission respecting the promotion of social housing Halifax : 1970. 37 pages 28 cm.
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Condominium conversion in the Halifax-Dartmouth area : the effects on tenants and the rental market / prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ; prepared by Thomas Pinfold, William Collins. Ottawa : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1984. S-6, 96, A-16, 2 pages : 28 cm.
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CMHC External Research Program: file no. 6585/P18-2; grant no. 343-00; PIDN 2063.
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The geography of housing in Metropolitan Halifax, Nova Scotia / by Hugh Millward ; with assistance from Arthur Lloyd. Halifax : Dept. of Geography, Saint Mary's University, 1981. 62 pages some folded : illustrations, maps; 29 cm.
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Halifax (Nova Scotia). Advisory Committee on Housing and Social Planning
Report of the Advisory Committee on Housing and Social Planning to the Halifax City Council Halifax : The Committee, 1967. 1 v. various pagings : illustrations; 28 cm.
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Cover title: Report Advisory Committee on Housing and Social Planning to the Halifax City Council.
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Mothers United for Metro Shelter. International Women's Week Shleter Committee
Open more doors: MUMS speak about the human costs of the housing crisis: case histories, Mothers United for Metro Shelter / compiled, edited, laid out by the International Women's Week Shelter Committee. 2nd. ed. Halifax : 1986. 56 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
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Housing Halifax : Development Dept., 1965. 53 pages : maps ; 28 cm.
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The Spirit of Africville / selected and edited by the Africville Genealogy Society ; with contributions by Donald Clairmont. Halifax : Formac Pub. Co., 1992. 124 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 21 x 27 cm.
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Clairmont, Donald H. (Donald Hayden), 1938-
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Africville : the life and death of a Canadian black community / Donald H. Clairmont and Dennis William Magill. Rev. ed. Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 1987. iii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Joe Howe news newsletter / Peter McGuigan. Halifax : Peter McGuigan, 2009-. v.; 28 cm.
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Housing '71 : directory of accommodations : Halifax, Dartmouth Nova Scotia- : 1971. 1 v. (unpaged) : illustrations ; 37 x 23 cm.
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Halifax Housing Authority annual report / Halifax Housing Authority. Halifax : The Authority, 1988-. 28 cm.
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Halifax housing forecast Halifax : CMHC, 1994-. 28 cm.
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Metro Halifax housing forecast Halifax : CMHC, 199--1993. 28 cm.
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Conscripted city : Halifax and the Second World War / by Jay White. Hamilton, ON. : The Author, 1994. xvii, 458 pages : illustrations, maps.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 W55 1994 - Open Shelf
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