Remember Africville
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Remember Africville
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Africville, a 120-year-old Black community within the city limits of Halifax, was razed in the name of urban renewal during the 1960's. Eighty families were dispersed and relocated, many of them ending up on welfare or in public housing. More than twenty-five years later the site is a park called Seaview. This is the backdrop against which former residents talk about racism, good intentions gone astray, and a community lost forever. Archival footage and materials shot during the 1989 conference are compiled to show how complex the story of Africville really was.
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