Global InformationPearleen Oliver information
Pearleen Oliver | |
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| Born | Althea Pearleen Borden 1917 Cook's Cove, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 24 July 2008 (aged 91) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Organization | Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People (co-founder) |
| Known for | Black Activism, Church Leadership, Educational Activism |
| Spouse | William Pearly Oliver (married 1936) |
| Children | William P., Philip W. B., Dr. Leslie H., Jules R., and Stephen D. |
Pearleen Oliver (1917–2008), sometimes Pearleen Borden Oliver, was a Black Canadian church leader, an anti Black-racism activist, writer, historian and educator.[1]
She founded the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and co-led the Cornwallis Street African Baptist Church. She advocated against the exclusion of Black students from learning nursing, and against racial segregation in education. She received an honorary doctorate degree from Saint Mary's University (Halifax) in 1990.
Oliver died in 2008 before being the focus of Ronald Caplan's book Pearleen Oliver: Canada's Black Crusader for Civil Rights.
- ^ Oliver, Pearleen (20 April 2020) [1992]. "Nova Scotia Women's Oral History Project Nova Scotia Archives Sound 1995-009 Transcripts MF 420-0: Tape 1, Side 2". Nova Scotia Archives (Audio recording). Interviewed by Marjory Whitelaw. 26:30. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-27.