Black History in Canada

The Underground Railroad operated on secrecy and trust. But who could be trusted? There were free black and white men and women helping, risking their lives, too. Because freedom was worth any risk.

This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.

The story of the Negro Leagues is about hundreds of unsung heroes who overcame segregation, hatred, terrible conditions, and low pay to do one thing they loved more than anything else in the world: play ball.

From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.

Based on a transformative segregated drinking fountain experience co-author Michael Bandy had as a boy, this compelling story sheds light on the reality of segregation through a child's eyes, while showing the powerful awareness that comes from questioning the way things are.

Thirty bite-sized biographies of black thinkers, activists, and innovators. Black Trailblazers is an illustrated inspiration for children that gives these important figures their due, highlighting their work to make our world a brighter, better place.

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom. The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own.

Discover more about Juneteenth, the important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. They did not know it at the time, but their joyous celebration of freedom would become a holiday.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights until his assassination in 1968.

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement".

Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north to Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. The story is one of suffering and of bravery, and is not only one of escape from slavery but of beginnings.

Trevor Noah, former host of 'The Daily Show' on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up mixed race in a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity.

A graphic novel collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the nine illustrated chapters chronicles an uncelebrated African American hero or event.

Black people have been in Canada for over 400 years -- as long as the first Europeans. Trailblazers introduces readers to Canada's Black history through the incredible and undertold stories of over forty important Black agents of change in Canada.

Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the way, they'll learn how to identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their own lives.

The Tulsa Race Massacre is one of the most devastating acts of racial violence in US history. But how did it come to pass? What exactly happened? And why are the events unknown to so many of us today?

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa, the first "immortal" human cells that are still alive today. The story of the Lacks family -- past and present -- is inextricably tied to the history of experimentation on African Americans and bioethics.

Journalist Desmond Cole documents 2017 month-by-month, creating a comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality in Toronto and Canada at large. It points to a society of racial complacency and what must be done to address it.

Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality, cultural appropriation, and the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects everyday life.

Through her knowledge and outdoor survival skills, honed through her unpaid labour in the fields and through the later connections she made in the abolitionist community, Tubman helped to empower those opposed to slavery and enrage those who supported it.