Carrie Best

Carrie Best

Carrie M. Best, O.C. , O.N.S. (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 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. [cite web|title=Order of Nova Scotia Recipients—2002|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/prot/2002recipients.htm]

External links

* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=138 Order of Canada Citation]
* [http://www.parl.ns.ca/carriebest/index.htm Carrie Best - A Digital Archive]


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