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.
[4] The Ten Point Program was as follows: [5] The Black United Front published a publication called GRASP (standing for Growth, Readiness, Advancement, Self-determination, People) from 1970 until 1976.
The Nova Scotia Archives has digitised all issues of this paper and published them online.