# blackhistorymonth

Our most popular episode of History Bits is Remembering Africville. It tells the story of how the city of Halifax bulldozed a Black settlement that had stood for 150 years. They destroyed a community but not its spirit. https://t.co/aV0vkbxDw2

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2023-02-02

Famed boxer George Dixon was born July 29, 1870 in the Africville neighbourhood of Halifax. Over the course of his career he claimed paperweight, bantamweight, & featherweight titles, & is recognized as the first Black person and the first Canadian to win a World boxing title.

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2020-07-29