black history
It Was Dark There All The Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada by Andrew Hunter
Jude and Diana by Sharon Robart-Johnson
Season 2, Episode 5
Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians, Words by Lindsay Ruck, Art by James Bentley
Black Loyalists in New Brunswick by Stephen Davidson
The Hermit of Africville by Jon Tattrie (New Edition)
Pearleen Oliver: Canada’s Black Crusader for Civil Rights, Edited by Ronald Caplan
As the Black Lives Matter movement advances, there have been many, many new books released focussing on the history of slavery, segregation and outright racism that existed and still exists in Canada. This is particularly true in Atlantic Canada where … Continue reading
The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton
2020 “The Very Best!” Book Awards: Best Historical Fiction Winners!
The Historical Fiction category returned in a big way after being absent in 2019. The winners here range from the British Home Child program to Black activism to a historical crime committed in rural Nova Scotia. As with the other … Continue reading
Exile Blues by Douglas Gary Freeman
Black Cop: My 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism by Calvin Lawrence, With Miles Howe
The title and subtitle pretty much sum up what this book is about: being black and facing systemic racism in two police organizations in a 36-year career. Calvin Lawrence was born in 1949 in Yarmouth and raised in Halifax. His … Continue reading
Redemption Songs by Jon Tattrie
do Nova Scotia, Black leader Marcus Garvey, and Rastafarian musician Bob Marley have in common? Very little, you might think until Jon Tattrie weaves some literary and historical … Continue reading
Viola Desmond’s Canada by Graham Reynolds
February being Black History Month in Canada, I was determined to read Viola Desmond’s Canada: A History of Blacks and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Graham Reynolds (Fernwood Publishing, 2016) before the month was out. Thank goodness February … Continue reading