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• The Kids Book of Black History in Canada

  Sadlier, Rosemary

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  Journey through Black history in Canada, beginning with the arrival in 1604 of Mathieu Da Costa, the first known African in the country, and continuing through the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing fight for social justice.

• The Trailblazing Life of Viola Desmond

  a Civil Rights Icon

  Kehoe, Rachel

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  Years before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up a bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Viola Desmond took a similar stand against racial segregation in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

• Famous Black Canadians

  Heikel, Ramona

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  Discusses the life and accomplishments of Black Canadians from Canada's earliest days to the present.

• The Underground Railroad

  Seigel, Rachel

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  Read about the development of the Underground Railroad used by escaped slaves to travel north to freedom and the challenges faced by these Black settlers after reaching Canada.

• The Black Pioneers Who Have Shaped Canada

  Ridley-Padmore, Tiyahna

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  Introduce readers to Canada’s Black history through the under-told stories of over forty incredible Black change-makers.

• Meet Mary Ann Shadd

  MacLeod, Elizabeth

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  Meet Mary Ann, anti-slavery activist, newspaper publisher, and social justice pioneer!

• The Stone Thrower

  Richardson, Jael Ealey, 1980-

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  This is the story of Chuck Ealey, legendary football quarterback, and how he persevered from poverty & hunger into a life of success.

• Africville

  An African Nova Scotian Community Is Abolished and Fights Back

  Wesley, Gloria

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  Africville was founded in the late 1800s when African Nova Scotians built homes on the Bedford Basin on the northern edge of Halifax. In the 1960s, the City of Halifax decided to demolish it in the name of urban renewal. This book tells the story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oscar Lives Next Door

  a Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood

  Farmer, Bonnie, 1959-

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  Set in Oscar’s true childhood neighbourhood of St-Henri in Montreal, this is a fictional account of Oscar Peterson before he became an international sensation.

• Meet Viola Desmond

  MacLeod, Elizabeth

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  Meet Viola Desmond, entrepreneur and trailblazer for racial equality in Canada!

• Malaika, Carnival Queen

  Hohn, Nadia L.

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  A fictional story about a girl named Malaika who learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival.