Black History Month 2022 – BC Black History Awareness Society

b&w side view of church prominent on right left side, dirt road, houses on slope on the right side (behind the church)

November 1967: The heart of Africville, Nova Scotia is destroyed

Africville residents trace their roots back to the late 1700’s. The community was founded chiefly by Black Loyalist Nova Scotians and formerly […]

Viola Desmond refuses to move to the balcony

Viola Desmond went to the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia on November 8, 1946. She sat in a main floor […]

outside in park setting, woman crouching on right side/front facing 2 large graffiti works on plywood, applying finishing touches bottom right corner

Graffiti Workshop

This two-day Graffiti Workshop, on August 16 and 17, 2021 brought together BIPOC professional artists and youth from around Lekwungen Territory. The […]

Africville Apology is delivered on February 24, 2010 by the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia for the eviction and eventual destruction of Africville in 1970

On February 24, 2010, Halifax Mayor Kelly delivered the Africville Apology, which begins: “On behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality, I apologize […]