Once Upon A Black Halifax

[@PatrickNorwood-bm4ie]

I work at Northwood, glad to see Maye Sheppard,Mrs Daye and Jahalia Smith again , incredible ladies

[@JohnvanGurp]

What an amazing and wonderful documentary, thank you!

[@khadijaabawajy]

Thank you for amplifying the voices of the victims of Africville, too many people don’t know about this

[@TheClarkeh]

Beautifully done 👋 Thank you to all involved. I loved hearing a different yet very important integral part of the cities history 🙌

[@ceceliajohnson9481]

Awesome...Watching this from Nassau Bahamas..My son lives in Halifax..Graduated from St Vincent

[@annbarkhouse9828]

As an educator I am so impressed by this video, everyone thinks of Africville and Viola Desmond, but there is sooo much more to this story. I will be showing this video to my students. Beautifully done.

[@Yvonne-wt6xv]

I am sharing this right away. Thank you for capturing this.

[@Mckronik979]

Thank you for sharing and educating!

[@EllieKennard]

Congratulations on a moving and beautiful film. We learned so much from it. So moving.

[@armcrescent]

This was very helpful in getting a sense of black history in Nova Scotia, thank you! I would love to see more!

[@honeybdream]

This was wonderful! Would love to see a part 2 ❤️🇨🇦

[@ontothenextpaige]

Same!!!

[@christopherhartley845]

Yes please :)!!

[@Farmgirlsarahofficial]

Very informative, watching from Africa-kenya

[@Johnnyvaughan2129]

Thank you for this… I was born in the north end of Halifax in the mid 60s… it was a interesting time… the names and street names take me back thanks again 👍

[@kyotopmac]

I was born and grew up in Halifax/Dartmouth before moving to Japan at the age of 23. I wish I had studied more about Halifax's black history then. This documentary was very informative and a good reminder that it is never to late to go back and learn. Thank you for making and uploading this even though it made me homesick.

[@crackofdawn1129]

Well done, brought back memories of the time I spent in Halifax in the early 70s. I actually played at the Arrow Club that was mentioned in the video, as part of the backup band for Ben E. King. I grew up in Toronto and after finishing high school decided to take a year off before attending University to play in a band and see the country. The black people in Halifax accepted me with open arms and were extremely hospitable. I spent a fair bit of time in the Halifax area, travelling back and forth between Halifax and Montreal, Quebec playing in the group called Kon Fu Shun. I have never forgotten that experience, thank you so much.

[@jumokearowolo7225]

We are always proud of your work GB. Thanks for capturing the history we are stepping into so precisely!

[@garybealsmusic]

LOVED this!!!!! Thanks for sharing the stories of Black Halifax! It was great to hear of the history, experiences and insight of those involved in the piece! Great job!!!

[@claranishida7938]

You did a fantastic job with this! Great documentary piece 🙌

[@vivienlhannon9592]

Thank you so very much for this film.

[@hannahg39]

I've lived in and around Halifax for over 25 years and love every inch of it, especially the north end!

[@ontothenextpaige]

What an amazing video!!! So well done and very informative! We’ve have some really incredible black men and women come out of our city ❤️ Would also love to see a part 2 as I seen someone else comment 😊 Thank you so much for sharing!

[@nathanielcole6470]

Very nicely done. Thank you for making and sharing.

[@sandraphinney389]

A heartfelt THANK YOU for creating this.

[@dmikelepage72]

This is brilliant. Thank you for this. I learned a great deal and will be sharing this as much as I can.

[@nanettecormier8513]

Love those $10 bills! Makes me so proud of the Black community in Nova Scotia. Resilience doesn't begin to describe their strength of character. I cherish my memory of having a friend who lived on Creighton Street where I spent time with her family. Having never seen a Black person until I was in my teens, I was fascinated by these remarkable people. Then I got to know them and discovered that they were just lovely human beings. And when I heard the story of Africville, I was ashamed and horrified at the abject racism and utter disrespect for people whose only flaw was poverty and the colour of their skin!

[@rachellep2581]

This was a beautifully made video. Thank you so much for making and sharing this. I seen my grandfather in this video 😍❤ . RIP the Raindrops I'm positive heaven sounds even more magical with you all there 🎶 ✝️.

[@eltonronjovi2238]

This was an excellent piece! Thank you so much. I have a lot of personal ties to this story and hearing the stories in the context of history is fascinating to me. PS, I also had to smile when I heard of the Arrows Club. I was a child and hadn't thought of it since, but still remember it. Across from the Citadel where the Palace was.

[@hendersonmpamela]

Thank you for making this and sharing it!!

[@costaricanlife4557]

Great and informative documentry. Thanks so much for the stories. I grew up in Halifax not far from Africville and remember the area well.

[@brianhimmelman420]

thank you for sharing

[@veragray8228]

Awesome video! Should have mentioned William Hall! ❤

[@SeaBeast902]

Great doc. Thank you for sharing :)

[@evairby7603]

We must keep the history alive

[@halifaxqol]

This was a very well told story. Thanks for this.

[@ciwane1428]

This is sad truth story of black Canadian in Halifax. The reality of Africville story. Thank you for sharing.

[@mjewell743]

...by chance...could you share some info on Truro, Nova Scotia...thx

[@crodizz]

this is halifax , ns

[@jerryswallow]

GREAT PROGRAMM , LOVE IT, I REMEMBER MOST PEOPLE ON HERE, BUT MY MEMORY TOO BAD, ON NAMES, NICE TO SEE THIS, BUDDY DAY, WAS A GREAT GUY, GOOD FRIEND...

[@ItsJustME-OnYx]

Wish this was longer.

[@carrieandbrianporter7814]

Great documentary. Very informative. Thank you!

[@caroleastmond9064]

Very Good Video!!! Thanks!!!❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@donnashearer3142]

This enlightened my base knowledge about black Canadians in Nova Scotia. Well done!

[@gracechurch2905]

Thank you for this. I have often wondered over the years, about a nurse I had at the VG in the late 1960's... 68 or early 69 I think. Her name was Nurse Carter or possibly Carver, but I think Carter. I'd love to know how she is. Wonder too how many other black nurses there would have been at that time or if she was the first.

[@IceManLikeGervin]

Very informative...respect!!👍👍👍

[@theprtillierypodcast]

Wow, I honestly had no idea there was such a strong Afro-Canadian population out in Halifax. I learn something new everyday 😊

[@mathematicaleconomist4943]

Please answer honestly! Are you one of those Canadians who thought that every black person you see in Canada was born somewhere else? If so, I can school you!

[@theprtillierypodcast]

@@mathematicaleconomist4943 im not Canadian, Im American, so understandably, this would fly under the radar for me. But Im always fascinated in finding these pockets of history in the unlikeliest of places

[@mathematicaleconomist4943]

@@theprtillierypodcast OH. That's different! Totally understandable. You see, white Canadians out west did not historically have as much exposure to black folk as white Canadians in certain eastern regions of Canada. So, there are Canadians who are ignorant of the fact that some black Canadian families have been in Canada for centuries. Many of them are CLUELESS!

[@EastCoastTravel]

@@mathematicaleconomist4943 they should be grateful we saved them from the underground railroad

[@Deedee1music]

Great job!

[@WhatsTruth_WOL]

Well you know what. I lived at the Nova Scotia Home for colored children an I was embraced by the community of North Preston and so glad I got to know some of the folks in there. Wonderful people who welcomed in a little white orphan like he was part of their family. I also went to Humber park school and Gram Creighton jr high. That was a great jr high I remember skipping school and hiding in the black cultural center learning Black history on my own it was fascinating. Great memories from the North Preston Baptist church what a spirit of community.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

I know all of these families. I went to school with the grandchildren of those folks. I lived only 4 blocks away from where Africville once was.

[@bomannaji4403]

Great job bro

[@ifuekogilbert2502]

Great Documentary ❤️

[@ayodanjuma3105]

beautifully composed piece! how you know the message is clear is when you compare the number of subscribers versus the number of views. lets share and increase that number of views people!!!

[@rodneybrown5112]

Thanks for the info

[@sidneycoakley1524]

I unfortunately can’t do anything about the past but I promise my son will be taught never to judge a man or woman by the colour of their skin.

[@thebee9853]

God bless you!

[@the.methun]

My class is using this video as a class assignment!

[@peterghiz73]

That was good. I had two thoughts while watching this. There is no animosity in their story. No resentment. Just pride. It's nice to see. Then, Viola D is represented so nice on the ten dollar bill. Her image and her face look so pretty and pleasant and feminine. I live in Truro now but I grew up in Halifax and I miss it.

[@danamurray735]

Africville is a very important part of history in Nova Scotia. It should NEVER be downplayed. And it should NEVER be watered down. The people of Africville suffered racism for many decades! And The Struggle Continues

[@badtortoise3338]

because they entered Canada illegally. Then the crime/rapes started

[@RolandEvborokhai]

@resilience, @endurance, @hope

[@saulguid7204]

Thsnk you!

[@jerryswallow]

I GREW UP, TWO MINUTES WALK FROM AFRICVILLE, 50,S 60,S AND THAT IS WHERE I HUNG OUT, AND REMEMBER MAYNARD AND CREIGHTON ST AREA VERY WELL, GREAT TIMES...

[@ugochukwuonyekwere7820]

This is very sensational!

[@Mackmicheals]

why did he say she replaced queen elizabeth on the 10$ bill when she replaced john A mcdonald

[@Tjmax187]

Because he’s an uneducated buffoon who is pretending to sound intelligent. It’s common in black people. Go check out Michael Eric Dyson or Terrence Howard.

[@barbarasanchez-mitchell8167]

One only of what makes CDN best country is DISCRIMANTION PREJUDICES is not tolerated & still to present by govn'mt & its citizen ❤

[@ginadunn6952]

Mrs. Gordon!

[@deejay5102]

Sounds like Jim Crow South...wow....

[@olugbengaolajide]

How can one know more about this history?

[@ByronMacleod-r9p]

Cape Breton is a ghetto, there's a Whitney Center here in St. Cloud, Minnesota. See other half of our families.

[@Ikia-Lion_Eagle]

@Gbenga 👊

[@roxanneanderson870]

Is this Halifax, NC or Halifax, VA, or is it Halifax, Noviscocia?

[@AudaciouslyMe]

Nova Scotia

[@Datz-Donna]

Found this doing research in Cultural Studies course. Came across Black loyalists. Wow! Awesome! Didn't know they were a thing.

[@brianf9615]

I grew up in Sydney and I remember black folks lived in Whitney Pier by the coke ovens. I can remember my father taking me to visit his friend Eddy Paris who lived there. The coke ovens was not a good place to live, it was all so unfair. Hopefully things have changed.

[@kevincaldwell4707]

I am Nova Scotian and have lived in Halifax for most of my adult life due to work. I'm middle aged white man, and I can't say I was taught much in school about Africville, if any.

[@badtortoise3338]

because it is aa huge lie, never saw a black in Halifax, they must of been living under the rocks.

[@NilesG902]

Ancestry brought me here. It’s a divided people. The free blacks treated people bad too.

[@daveyboy_]

Got my hair cut in Burgundy in mtl. Man was saying Halifax is little Mtl. And Mtl..is little NY. Scotians. The Rock is part Scotian

[@5iveAM7]

Halifax what state?

[@crodizz]

Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada not a state

[@lordjump23]

I am familiar with Africville, but I didn't we in the States had so many similarities with Africville.

[@111_BabyDD]

Rip jahila smith great granny gonna miss you

[@joope11]

OMG, so that's where our people are. Why the hell did we settle in Toronto? Well, it's sad to report that there really isn't that much change, except now we deal with Policies and power structures rooted in White privilege to maintain institutional racism, also known as systemic racism. Interpersonal racism shows up in their biases for and against others based on race. In contrast, institutional racism is embedded into the structures of their society. Institutional racism leads people of different races to have different outcomes when it comes to housing, employment, health, finance, and education.

[@ralphtucker1445]

Sadly too few Black Americans are aware of there being a Black Canada.

[@badtortoise3338]

no such thing as a black Canadian. They entered illegally. Now we have tons of Island people who came for the free welfare,housing and baby bonuses. Then the rapes and crime started. Yup!

[@deejay5102]

Agreed, and the sad part is these Black Canadians went thru the same stuff Black Americans did in terms of racial discrimination and Jim Crow.... I seen one documentary where a Black neighborhood in Canada had their entire neighborhood demolished by the Canadian govt and was NEVER compensated....

[@goldenlion7779]

Jeremiah 50: 33 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together and all that took them captives held them fast; and refused to let them go..

[@crodizz]

​@@badtortoise3338You mean by slavery😂 same as Black Americans they were enslaved in the Maritimes but most of the Black Nova Scotian population has dna from Black Americans that were enslaved in America and escaped to Nova Scotia and even New Brunswick. So stfu. You're extremely racist and uneducated 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@PontiacBandit902]

👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@lannak21]

They are not 'African' they are the true indigenous people of Nova Scotia. They invented the sport of Ice Hockey.

[@kungfukenny1540]

Facts

[@Bcv734]

They roots come from African

[@lannak21]

@@Bcv734 Nope.

[@crodizz]

​@@Bcv734no North America

[@crodizz]

​@@Bcv734their roots when u even take a dna test come from North America because of slavery u can't find which specific country ur from just mixed with a lot of diff African countries and European. which is sad but anyway even some black nova scotians were here b4 slavery and were residing with natives. thats why u call them Black Nova Scotians not "African" or anything.

[@gerrywood3584]

Two very beautiful lady's

[@tudormiller887]

Ok! So it's not an Scottish, Irish, French, Jewish city. So this is the birthplace of hockey ? 😮

[@mariemacisaac7529]

In1980 Halifax had a girls ball team in spryfield named the Survivors. The team was not included on the list of girls ball teams for Halifax. I know this because I got a list of girls ball teams and was denied the right to play on all the teams on the list. When I complained that I was denied the right to play ball I was given the phone number for the survivors team. I became the only white player on a all black team. This show segregation in 1980.

[@deejay5102]

This was a solid video. My only objections are: The ancestors of the Black Canadians were NOT immigrants. They were mostly a people who came from Africans who were sold into chattel slavery. Thats not the definition of what an immigrant is. The old lady marveling so pridefully at the empty optics and empty symbolism of Obama, the so called First Black president. Obama used Black Americans to get into office and basically turned around and abandoned them while passing legislation for almost every other group but Black Americans once he got into office. He is noone to be celebrated, ever. And we won't mention that he isn't even Black American. He is of kenyan and white blood. That old lady's parents who seen and been a lot in their time would have been disappointed to see Obama. He didnt nothing for ppl who looked like her.

[@kungfukenny1540]

They love Obama

[@ayodanjuma3105]

@gbenga please may I have your email address?

[@lucasperez3917]

Halifax is a African Canadian Community.

[@Tjmax187]

Halifax has 439,000 people with 20,000 black people living in it. That’s about 4%. Can you point to anything that has more value because it has 4% of something added to it? It’s kind of hard to have an impact on something with so few people. You showed a lot of exceptions on this video but what’s the rule? What’s the common black person like in Nova Scotia? They aren’t doctors or business owners or politicians. You need to show your community now, what your people are doing now, how they are living and what they intend to do now. Stop living in the past. Halifax isn’t full of black excellence being excellent all over the place and you know that. Until you can admit that then they will keep suffering.

[@carolyncox7073]

​@@Tjmax187"The BIBLE" Greatest Book Ever Written. Last Days Prophecy! Babylon The Great (America) has Fallen. 2 TIMOTHY 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. All Praises To The Most High and his Son, The Black Messiah. White supremacy greed, wickedness and cruelty is unmatched!! ELOHIM Righteous Judgment Is Upon America and Canada The Wicked!!!

[@crodizz]

​@@Tjmax187the past reflects the present n future. Black Nova Scotians were still a big part of Canada's and America's History