Africville

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Africville
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Outcomes

• 5.1 examine the concept of power as it relates to
  human rights and civil rights analyze the
  correlation between power, disenfranchisement,
  segregation, and racism of African people as it
  relates to their social conditions, i.e.
  employment, housing, education, and politics.
• 5.2 analyze the correlation between power,
  disenfranchisement, segregation, and racism of
  African people as it relates to their social
  conditions, i.e. employment, housing, education,
  and politics.
• 6.1examine the concept of empowerment and cite
  examples
• 6.2examine an empowerment model. For example
  Catalyst, Awareness, Analysis and Action - CAAA)
  and explain how it impacted people of African
  descent through institutional change. (education,
  economics, political institutions individual
  empowerment, community empowerment and
  institutional change)

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Key Terms

• Power
• Marginalization
• Segregation
• Racism
• Environmental Racism
• Disenfranchisement
• Empowerment

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Power Relationships

• Take note of the words from the key terms and
  note their meaning as we review.

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Did you get them?

• Power Ability to access resources and control
  the behaviour and ability of others to access
  resources.
• Marginalization Removing from power.
• Segregation Separating a group of people based
  on a physical characteristic.
• Racism Limiting access to resources, socially
  marginalizing, physically marginalizing or
  causing violence to a group of people based on a
  physical characteristic.
• Environmental Racism Placing a hazardous or
  toxic element next to a group of people who have
  a common physical characteristic
• Disenfranchisement Not allowing access to
  political power through voting or public
  expression
• Empowerment The taking back of power by an
  individual or group of people

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Case Study Africville
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Context of Africville

• Black Loyalists from 1776
• Refugees from 1812
• Land grants on the Bedford Basin

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Geographical Context

• Located near by
• - Infectious disease hospital over the hill
• - Abatoire (poultry slaughter house)
• - City dump
• - Jail/City prison
• - Tug Wharf
• - Irving Oil Shipping lane
• - Sewer run off point

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Plan/Map

• Africville c.1962

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Decision Making?

• 1945 recommendation to City Council to remove
  or relocate Africville
• 1954 City Council starts meeting to decide how
  to fix Africville
• 1962- City hires planners
• 1963 Alan Brokovoy a civil rights leader writes
  letter
• 1963-1968 Relocation of Africville

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Africville

• Through the eyes of the city planners
• Unsafe water
• Condemned buildings
• Rats
• No sewage/water services
• Poor school attendance

• Through the eyes of the residents
• Owned land
• Requested services
• Community clean up
• Strong community
• Strong Church and school
• Own homes

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Planners
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Community
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Africville Cant Stop Now

• Complete the 3-2-1 Response
• Watch for evidence of your ideas and opinions
• What do you think?

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Part 2

• Geological Society
• The Church
• The Apology
• Community Action
• Empowerment
• The current fate of Africville
• Annual Picnic?
• What do you think?