Black History in Canada

Entrepreneur, FUBU founder, and Shark Tank fan fave Daymond John introduces kids to basic ideas about money and starting their own business in this accessible picture book!

Lace up your shoes and get ready for race day with Canada’s 2019 Athlete of the Year, Andre De Grasse! Find out what it was like for him as an underdog, and how he motivates himself to face every challenge, in this inspiring celebration of sport.

In the segregated world of the 1950s, Ron obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage -- it is a young man's first courageous mission. Based on how Ron McNair, future scientist and astronaut, desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.

In Nova Scotia, in 1946, an usher in a movie theatre told Viola Desmond to move from her main floor seat up to the balcony. She refused. The next day she was charged and fined, and her resistance became the cornerstone for civil rights movements in Canada.

Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for Lonnie's career as an engineer and his work with NASA. But it is his invention of the Super Soaker that made his splash with kids and adults!

This narrative journey through Black history in Canada begins with the arrival in 1604 of Mathieu Da Costa, the first known African in the country, and continues through the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing fight for social justice.

Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The legends in Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History span centuries and continents, but each one has blazed a trail for generations to come.

On August 1, 1834, 800 000 enslaved Africans in the British colonies were declared free. The story of Emancipation Day is a little-known part of Canadian history. Talking About Freedom connects to it and the ongoing struggles of people of African ancestry in Canada.

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently.

Arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone, showing us that art and protest are inextricably linked through her personal experience through art toward activism.

From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Khan-Cullors' story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love.

A collaborative work by young Black writers, exploring beyond racism and slavery to reveal the inspiring story of Montreal's English-speaking Black community and the histories of the immigrants, labourers and activists who built the community that still exists today.

Tells the story of Willie O'Ree, the first Black NHL player, and the struggles and triumphs he faced in the still-segregated and intolerant world of hockey of the 50's and beyond.

One of the most challenged and banned books of the 21st century, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy.

Morris explores the tension between his consumption of Black culture as a child, his teenage performances of the ideas and values of the culture that often betrayed his identity, and the ways society and those guiding him received those performances.

A former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada's farm labour system. As a leading activist, Allahdua is fighting back against the Canadian government to demand rights and respect for temporary foreign labourers.

In an era in which "I have many black friends" is often a medal of wokeness, Philippe chronicles the experience of being on the receiving end and finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the blunt truths of existing as a Black man in today's world.