Controversy has flared up again over the person in charge of the Africville Heritage Trust.
The last executive director of the organization, Carole Nixon, was forced out, primarily because she was a white woman.
Critics insisted she had no cultural connection to the black community, and couldn't be expected to represent it.
Now, her temporary replacement is also under fire, for the same reason.
"Our ultimate aim is that a black person must fill that position - interim, permanent, we need a black person," said Kwesi Weboah, one of the organizers of a public meeting on the issue Thursday night.
The head of the Africville Genealogy Society says members of the group are misguided.
"The genealogy society, which has been representing the interest of the people of Africville since 1983, remains the organization to deal with any issues or questions surrounding Africville," said Irvine Carvery.
Nevertheless, the group remains convinced a white woman should not be in charge of the trust until a permanent replacement is found.
"Whoever is hired to work at the Africville site, or on behalf of the project, that person should be, must be, from our culture," said Rocky Jones, a spokesperson for the group.
"Obviously there are many reasons for that, namely the knowledge that someone from our culture would have about our culture, our background, the nuances of what it means to be African Nova Scotian, or black living in a white society."
About a dozen people attended the meeting, and some were upset no one from the heritage trust was on hand to answer their questions.
Earlier Thursday, Daurene Lewis, told CTV News posters advertising the event were "militant" and "inflammatory."
The woman at the centre of the controversy told CTV News she was not offended by the calls for her removal, and would continue to work for the organization to the best of her abilities.
