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Clifford "Nick"
Skinner has been involved in most Black Community organizations in Saint John
for the last half-century. In the early 1950's, he mortgaged his home and
purchased a building on Hilyard St. in the north end of the city. This building
became the Coloured People's Association, to become better known as the CPA. He
was one of the founders of P.R.O.B.E. (Provincial Resources Of Black Energy) in
late 60's, and the chairman of the Black community's Centennial Celebration in
1967. In the late 70's he was involved in the founding of P.R.U.D.E. In 1980 he
travelled to Sierra Leone, tracing the footsteps of the Black Loyalists who
founded that country. In 1989 he was congratulated for his achievements by then
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Nick Skinner's
list of achievements show us all what it means to
have Community Pride!
Carl
White is a current Saint John City councillor.
Saint John West MLA Jane Barry, left, Paulina Hogan portraying
Anna Minerva Henderson, and Kendra Black portraying Betsy Quinton, examined an
actual diary kept by Henderson, who was the first Black female civil servant in
the early 20th century in Canada.
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