Dr. Carrie Best in front of sculpture of Tommy Simmons at Anna Packwood’s 100th birthday celebration

“1946 Carrie Best, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, starts publishing a newspaper called The Clarion. Later its name changes to The Negro Citizen. It continues publication for 1 0 years. As a publisher and writer, Carrie Best shows that Blacks are often not treated fairly in Nova Scotia. She shows how they are not served on restaurants, and kept out of theatres. Best helps to get rid of those practices, making Nova Scotia – and Canada a better place to live.” Source “This personal biography of Dr. Carrie Best includes details of the lives of the under-privileged in the Maritimes. Dr. Best who is well-known as poet, journalist, writer, broadcaster, civil rights worker, and community advocate was appointed as Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of her humanitarian activities. In 1946 she started “The Clarion”, the first Black newspaper in Nova Scotia, created to promote “inter-racial understanding and goodwill.” She traveled throughout Nova Scotia to confirm and then publish allegations of racism in service areas such as restaurants.”