Title: Pearleen Oliver
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."--
Subjects: Black Civil rights workers, Biography, Race discrimination, History, Civil rights, Black people, Black Women, Blacks
Places: Nova Scotia, Canada
People: Pearleen Oliver