Black United Front

Black United Front, also known as The Black United Front of Nova Scotia or simply BUF, was a Black nationalist organization primarily based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Preceded by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP), the BUF organization was founded by William Pearly Oliver and Burnley "Rocky" Jones among others. It was founded in 1965 and loosely based on the 10 point program of the Black Panther Party.[1] In 1968, Stokely Carmichael, popular for coining the phrase Black Power!, visited Nova Scotia helping organize the BUF.[2] The organization remained in operation until 1996.

The Black United Front did a lot to benefit the Black Nova Scotian community.[3] The organization held discussions about employment, housing and educational opportunities. The group also formed its own community police force to keep hard drugs out of Halifax communities, prevent police brutality in communities of colour, and built a park for young children called the Tot-Lot. Additionally, they provided legal aid in the forms of free legal advice and discounted, even sometimes free legal service to the Black community. The Black United Front reportedly "Shook up whites in Canada".[4]

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  2. ^ "Black rights advocate refuses to quit". www.mail-archive.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  3. ^ "Nova Scotia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. ^ "Malcolm X Day in Canada | the Mark". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-31.