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Wayne Desmond: Whose shoulders I stand on – New Glasgow’s rich Black heritage

February 10, 2021 5 Comments

Wayne Desmond reflects on the long history of Black excellence in his hometown of New Glasgow. “So, when I think about African Heritage month, I don’t just think about the famous Black icons that are celebrated. I think about the trailblazers of my hometown, whose shoulders I stand on.”

Countering white disbelief with historical knowledge: Racism and racial profiling in Nova Scotia

November 6, 2019

Over and over Black people tell of racism in Nova Scotia, and then there are the stats, but still the message isn’t getting through. Historian Jill Campbell-Miller on the origin of this reluctance to accept that racism is for real, and how a knowledge of history can counteract this disbelief.