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NSSBB #: 2002644
ISBN: 9781926908816
Title: Pearleen Oliver : Canada's Black Crusader for Civil Rights
Supplier: Breton Books and Music
Published: 2020
Price: $18.00
Language: English
Origin: AC - Atl. Can.
Notes: In a winning new book, Pearleen Oliver: Canada’s Black Crusader for Civil Rights brings to life a compassionate and passionate African Nova Scotian, the story of her growth and activism—a book that shows how one woman’s voice changed the course of Nova Scotia’s history.

Pearleen Oliver pushed open doors that blocked Black girls from nurses’ training. She kicked Little Black Sambo out of public schools. She was spokesperson for Viola Desmond’s appeal of her 1946 conviction for challenging racist customs. A founder of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, the Black United Front and the Black Cultural Centre, she was the first female moderator of the African United Baptist Association, and a founder of the AUBA Women’s Institute.

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Pearleen Oliver : Canada's Black Crusader for Civil Rights - Ronald Caplan
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Social Studies/Social Studies/Social Studies 9 9 Non-Fiction 1:C 08/24/2021
English Language Arts/English Language Arts/English Language Arts 9 9 Biography 1:C 08/24/2021