Carrie Best was born in Nova Scotia and was a Canadian journalist and social activist. She founded The Clarion in 1946, the first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper. In 1952 Best started a radio show, The Quiet Corner. In 1974, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and posthumously awarded the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002. QUESTIONS:
VIDEOSHow journalist Carrie Best gave the Black community a voice when it didn’t have one | Your Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hqPDXnhhE Leila | 28 Moments of Black Canadian History | Carrie Best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgXhO5P6qpI ARTICLES
N.S. civil rights icon Carrie Best speaks about racism at the Marshall Inquiry in 1988 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/carrie-best-marshall-inquiry-1988-racism-1.5927869 Carrie Best https://blacknews.ca/carrie-best/
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