Eddie Carvery is a political protester from Africville, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. The mainly black community in Halifax was destroyed by the city in the 1960s as an "urban renewal" project.

Carvery started his protest on the site in 1970. Carvery lived in what became known as Seaview Park on and off over a period of 25 years before making international news when the G7 came to Halifax in 1995

21st G7 summit

The 21st G7 summit was held from June 15 to June 17, 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The venue for this summit meeting was Summit Place in Halifax...

. The City of Halifax tried to evict Eddie and his brother Victor from Seaview Park. The brothers eventually moved out of the park and onto adjacent land, continuing the protest where the village school once stood.

The Carverys remained protesting on the grounds of Africville as of 2010.

The Hermit of Africville, a biography of Eddie Carvery, was released by Pottersfield Press in 2010.

Sources

• The Hermit of Africville (http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/Store/CatalogItem/tabid/904/CategoryID/191/List/1/Level/1/ProductID/5881/Default.aspx)
• Africville Genealogy Society (http://www.africville.ca/)
• Eddie Carvery, Africville and the Longest Civil Rights Protest in Canadian History (http://www.transmopolis.com/2010/07/africville/)
• 'Column on the Carvery sit in' by journalist Stephen Kimber (http://stephenkimber.com/books/reparations/africville/column-on-the-carvery-sit-in)
• 'Seaview shame, suburban sprawl' The Coast newspaper, 2008 article (http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/seaview-shame-suburban-sprawl/Content?oid=993663)
• 'A third Carvery joins protest site' Metro Halifax (http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/297917)