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Dr. W.P. Oliver, after careful research and inquiry, drafted a proposal for a Black Education Centre in 1972. This was supported by the Black United Front and the provincial Department of Continuing Education. -- Two years later, the Honourable Garnet A. Brown, then Minister of Recreation for Nova Scotia, met with members of the Black community to discuss provincial assistance to aid in the establishment of the Centre. Out of this meeting came a Steering Committee for a Black Cultural materials available in Nova Scotia, listened to ideas Black people had about location and contents of the Centre, and investigated other such Centres in North America. -- On May 19, 1977 an Act to Incorporate the Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia was passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature. The Society's first annual meeting was held on August 15, 1977 in Halifax.
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Reference: V/F V.54 #15 (NSA)