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Introduction
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In this chapter, Ashe explores how changes in Halifax’s social and political landscape lead to a civic restructuring. He explains how wealthy elites controlled city governance and regional media outlets, leading to further neglect of marginalized neighborhoods. Ashe outlines how this atmosphere led to a severe housing crisis, and how activists and civil rights organizers fought against these racist and classist policies.
Contributors
Robert Ashe
Robert Ashe
is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.
