Black community leaders, health advocates receive Order of Nova Scotia

African Nova Scotian leaders who made historic breakthroughs in education and politics were among those who received one of the province's highest honours Tuesday at an investiture ceremony.

Elizabeth Ann Cromwell posthumously received the Order of Nova Scotia for helping create and rebuild the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, N.S., which acts as focal point of black loyalist history in the province. Cromwell died in October at the age of 75, and the award was received by her daughter Mary Cromwell.