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• Brew 101

  Join us tomorrow to learn about brews! We’re so excited to be working with @changeisbrewingco!

  October 27, 2020

• Africville Ghosts

  Join us for Africville Ghosts! Ware launching our exhibit as part of the Bluenose Ghosts Festival in partnership with Alderney Landing. On October 23 and 24, listen to ghost stories…

  October 27, 2020

• 2nd Annual “Walk, Ride & Roll” to Africville – July 25th at 1PM

  July 13, 2020

• Africville in the news

    Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 Please help us congratulate Shauntay Grant for the nomination of a Governor Generals Literary Award for her newest children’s book, Africville. Congratulations, Shauntay! http://ggbooks.ca  …

  August 11, 2018

• Welcome, Ms. Juanita Peters

    For Immediate Release April 23, 2018   The Board of Directors of the Africville Heritage Trust (AHT) is pleased to announce Juanita Peters as the new general manager of…

  April 23, 2018

• The Apology

  “On behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality, I apologize to the former Africville residents and their descendants for what they have…

  October 24, 2012

• Africville Declared a National Historic Site

  When dump trucks roared in to ship Africville residents out, it seemed like a good idea to city planners. By the 1960s, years of neglect and racism had

  October 24, 2012

• Halifax Apologizes for Razing Africville

  The former residents of a bulldozed black community and their descendants have received an official

  October 24, 2012

• Tears, Smiles, Relief at ‘glorious’ Africville Apology

  Brenda Steed-Ross, a former resident of Africville and the founder of the Africville Genealogy Society, was moved to tears during

  October 24, 2012

• Africville Replica Church Complete for Reunion

  Africville, the former black settlement in north-end Halifax, was first settled in the 1830s when former American slaves and

  October 24, 2012