Literary Connections: A Theatrical Review of George Boyd's Wade in the...

Kola;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Tully in Consecrated Ground's dramatization of the Africville debacle emphasizes...that: In Consecrated Ground, the struggle...the fate of Africville and its citizens...the life of Africville means little...llem's story in Consecrated Ground, while still...

LONG RAZED, SETTLEMENT NOT FORGOTTEN

The Boston Globe;  January 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ...HALIFAX, Novia Scotia Once, music echoed through Africville, Canada's oldest black community. Men on guitars...to feel the spirit move, people said, go to Africville on Easter morning. But Africville is silent now. Between 1967 and 1970, it was...

Man changes not guilty plea in middle of trial

Belfast Telegraph;  December 16, 2008 ;     274 words ......occupant that he 'needed to be on consecrated ground' and also said he had been 'in Maghaberry...mumbling that he needed to be on consecrated ground. He promised he would leave the house...in relation to your reference to consecrated ground," he said. Releasing McCrory on unopposed...

Unlearned Lessons

Literary Review of Canada;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Unlearned Lessons The destruction of Africville still Halifax. STEPHEN KIMBER Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism Jennifer J. Nelson...fathers wiped it off the face of the earth, Africville - a tiny black community of 400 people that...

Court grants man's exhumation request for reburial of wife

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 12, 2007 ;     378 words ......for the body to be reburied from consecrated ground. Normally, Consistory Court judges...in peace and cannot be moved from consecrated ground but, in this case the judge ruled...beliefs, the significance of burial in consecrated ground and its impact upon a later request...

Ghosts of Africville: former residents of Africville are still fighting...

Alternatives Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......North End is where many residents of Africville were forcibly relocated after their...a tragic mistake, the destruction of Africville was the legacy of colonial racism that...barriers, settlers nonetheless made Africville--as the area came to be known--their...

unbaptized babies

A Dictionary of English Folklore;      545 words ......not allow miscarried or stillborn babies to be buried in consecrated ground, as they had not been baptized ; it was thought (explicitly...was hard to get permission for burying stillbirths in consecrated ground, and ‘tandem disposal’ eased the parents...

Revealed - the pain of Ireland's `lost' kids.(News)

The People (London, England);  January 30, 2000 ;     347 words ......being baptised were once banned from being laid to rest in consecrated ground. The spots were also used for groups deemed outside of...before baptism were in limbo and couldn't be buried in consecrated ground. The policy, which disappeared during the 60s included...

Court allows wife's body to be exhumed

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 13, 2007 ;     242 words ......directors it would be possible for the body to be reburied from consecrated ground. Normally, Consistory Court judges rule that the dead cannot be moved from consecrated ground but, the judge ruled that it would be permitted as Mr Harris...

Mirror M@ilbox: READERS LETTER.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  November 18, 2002 ;     44 words ...Byline: Derrick White -AFTER Myra Hindley has been cremated, she should not be placed in consecrated ground or be scattered about the countryside. Her remains should be taken back to prison were they belong. May she rot in hell for all eternity Derrick White Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts

Homes plan for old church.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  September 10, 2002 ;     49 words ......transformed into two homes. Planning officers at Warwick District Council have not offered any objections to the plan, but there has been an objection from a neighbour worried about the consecrated ground. The building has been empty for a few years.

A Vanished Community

Literary Review of Canada;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......life and racial politics in Halifax's Africville. Reparations Stephen Kimber HarperCollins...across the province. Among them was Africville, a community of about 80 families perched...slow. The threatened expropriation of Africville by the City of Halifax was arguably...

Barry stumps up to bury his leg.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 21, 1996 ;     41 words ...Bemused Barry Fletcher was shocked to receive a funeral bill - for his left leg. Barry, 42, was in hospital in California recovering from an amputation when he got the dollars 300 bill. He was told the cash covered the cost of burying the leg in consecrated ground.

Broad road leads to the gate of hell ; Jesus Christ said that the broad...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 13, 2008 ;     208 words ......place whereon you stand is holy ground". A churchyard is consecrated ground. The Third Commandment forbids the abuse of God's name...regard as guiltless anyone who does that. Anyone who abuses consecrated ground cannot expect to be regarded as innocent, because the...

Churches to offer burial in woodland as graves crisis grows

The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 27, 2003 ;     690 words ......Christians wishing to be buried in consecrated ground were, however, unable to opt for...by the Church of England and is on consecrated ground, it does accommodate people from...in Ely suitable because it was on consecrated ground and in an attractive spot. It is...