Black Halifax: Four Centuries, One Community, Fourteen Stories
An innovative, interactive multidisciplinary project that celebrates Halifax’s vibrant Black community that has flourished since the 1700s and has been captured as a collection of stories, in the form of short videos, about the rich cultural life of the community. The stories are about personalities, sites, and events of historic significance to the African Nova Scotian community and are presented by local performance poets and professional actors that combine storytelling with archival photographs and film.
About Black HalifaxFrom Video Gallery
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Rocky Jones
Black Power leader, activist lawyer, creative thinker.
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Delmore Buddy Daye
A boxer, an activist, a national legend.
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Viola Desmond
Nine years before Rosa Parks rode the bus, Viola took her stand against racism.
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William Hall
The son of slaves becomes the first Black man awarded the Victoria Cross.
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James Robinson Johnston
Revolutions begin in the mind.
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George Dixon
The first Black world champion in any weight class.
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Requiem for Africville
Bulldozed! But the dream that took root in Africville still lives in us today.
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Halifax Market Women
Black Refugee women of the War of 1812 sold handmade goods at what is now called, the Halifax Farmer’s market.
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Ellen and William Craft
Black Woman passes as a white male and escapes with her husband as her slave.
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Citadel Hill & the Maroon Gate
Captain Leonard Parkinson uncovering the history of Citadel Hill
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15 Ships to Sierra Leone
In 1792, Black Loyalists become the first freed slaves to return to Africa.
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Thomas Peters
One of the founding fathers of Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Richard Preston
One of the most important church and community leaders in Nova Scotia.
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Portia White
An internationally renowned diva with a voice described as “a gift from Heaven.”