Carrie Best
| Carrie Best | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1903 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Awards | Order of Canada Order of Nova Scotia |
Carrie M. Best, OC ONS (March 4, 1903 – July 24, 2001) was a Black Canadian journalist.
Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, a daughter to James and Georgina Ashe Prevoe, she married Albert T. Best in 1925. In 1946 she founded The Clarion, the first black-owned and published Nova Scotia newspaper. In her first edition she broke the story of Viola Desmond.[1] In 1952 she started a radio show, The Quiet Corner, which was aired for 12 years. From 1968 to 1975 she was a columnist for The Pictou Advocate, a newspaper based in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
In 1977, she published an autobiography, That Lonesome Road.
In 1974, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 1979. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002.[2] She is commemorated on a postage stamp issued by Canada Post on February 1, 2011.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.parl.ns.ca/carriebest/clarionyears.html
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- 1903 births
- 2001 deaths
- Black Canadian writers
- Black Nova Scotians
- Canadian women journalists
- Journalists from Nova Scotia
- Members of the Order of Nova Scotia
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
- Canadian women writers
- Canadian autobiographers
- Black Canadian women
- Writers from Nova Scotia
