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            Photographs
            CA BI MG 21.14-B · Series · [189-]-2017
            Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

            Series consists of photographs taken or collected by Wanda Robson that document the early lives of she and her siblings, including Viola Desmond, growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Robson's efforts to gain recognition for the life and legacy of her sister. Also included are photographs of Robson's family life, education, and events and ceremonies she attended that were related to her activism and social justice work.

            CA BI PAM 2549 · Item · 1938

            File consists of two issues of "The Black Man: A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion." The magazine was edited by Marcus Garvey, founder and president-general of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.), of London, England, and these issues feature transcripts of speeches that were given by Mr. Garvey at Bethel Church, Halifax, and Menelik Hall, Sydney. These speeches outline the work that has been completed by the U.N.I.A..

            CA BI PAM 1266 · Item · 1962

            Item is a pamphlet that contains the results of a study completed by the Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs that examined the population distribution, socio-economic condition, and educability of African Nova Scotians living in the Halifax area in 1959.

            CA BI MG 21.14 · Collection · 1890-2017

            Collection consists of records related to Viola Desmond’s 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her posthumous 2010 free pardon granted by the Government of Nova Scotia. Also included are materials related to Viola Desmond and Wanda Robson’s civil rights work in Nova Scotia, including newspaper clippings and articles, diplomas, certificates, scholarship and bursary documents, a scrapbook and materials related to Robson’s education and published book, Sister to Courage. Included are photographs of the extended Davis family and published books about the Black Nova Scotian experience.

            Robson, Wanda Eloise