Carrie Mae Best

Born: March 4, 1903

Death: July 24, 2001

Married to Albert T. Best in 1925

She had a son named James C. Best
and had several foster children

Home: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

For a decade, it talked about important issues for Black
rights. In 1956, it was renamed The Negro Citizen.

It's the first Nova Scotia newspaper owned and published by Black Canadians

In 1946, Carrie and and her son started a newspaper called The Clarion.

Carrie Best also started a radio show called The
Quiet Corner. It aired for 12 years.

In 1968, another newspaper hired her to write
a column about Human rights until 1975.

On May 12, 1942, they lost the case and the judge
ignored discrimination and also ordered that she had to pay the theatre.

They spent one night in jail and had to pay a fine. When they got out, she filed a lawsuit for racial discrimination and damages.

When her and her son sat in the "white-only"
seats and refused to move, the police had to
move them by force.

She was treated unfairly with her son at The Roseland Theater. (December 1941)

She also won a few awards like the Queen
Elizabeth Medal in 1977.

In 1975, she became Dr.Best. She was awarded the honorary doctor of laws from the St. Francis Xavier University and in 1992, the University of King's College awarded her the doctor of civil laws

Five years later, she was promoted to the rank of
Officer of the Order of Canada

In 1974, the Governor General named her
a Member of the Order of Canada