Pearleen Oliver
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.
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.