Pearleen Oliver
Subtitle: Canada's Black crusader for civil rights
By: edited by Ronald Caplan
Publisher: Breton Books
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Wreck Cove, Nova Scotia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9781926908816
Subjects: Black Civil rights workers; Biography; Race discrimination; History; Civil rights; Black people; Black Women; Blacks
Description: "This book is about the life and achievements of Pearleen Borden Oliver, edited in her own words taken from interviews with James Morrison, Catherine Arseneau, Heather Frederick Strikey, and Marjory Whitelaw, with additional writing in the style of Pearleen's voice by the editor. Pearleen Oliver is the women who opened the doors to nurses training for young Black women in Canada. She promoted the removal of offensive teaching materials from Nova Scotia's public schools, including Little Black Sambo. She encouraged Viola Desmond to mount an appeal of her conviction, became a spokesperson for that cause and was there in the courtroom in support of Desmond. With her husband Rev. William Pearly Oliver she was a founder of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People, organized the Women's Institute, was the first female Moderator of the African United Baptist Church, received two honorary university degrees. She wrote brief histories of Black Baptists. The book contains an eight-page section of photographs."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Issued also in electronic format.

Text in English.