Booklist

To encourage education about Black people and their contributions to our history, the Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage has compiled a booklist containing books that reveal the Black experience in Canada. Check Edmonton Public Library, Abe Books or Amazon for any of these books. 

• Alexander, Ken and Avis, Glaze. Towards Freedom: The African Canadian Experience. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1996.
  
  
• Bearden, Butler and Shadd. The Life and Times of Mary Shadd Cary. Toronto NC Press, 1977.
  
  
• Best, Carrie M. That Lonesome Road: The Autobiography of Carrie M. Best. New Glasgow: Clarion Publishing Company, 1979.
  
  
• Bishop, Anne. Becoming an Ally. Halifax: Femwood Publishing Company, 1954.
  
  
• Black, Ayanna. Fiery Spirits. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Limited., 1994.
  
  
• Black, Ayanna. Voices: Canadian Writers of African Descent. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Limited, 1992.
  
  
• Boyd, Frank S. A Brief History of Coloured Baptists of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Afro Nova Scotia Enterprises, 1976.
  
  
• Braithwaited, Daniel. The Banning of the Book "Little Black Sambo" From the Toronto Public Schools 1956. Toronto: Overnight Typing and Copy Company, 1978.
  
  
• Bramble, Linda. Black Fugitive Slaves in Early Canada. St. Catharines: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1988.
  
  
• Brand, Dionne. In Another Place, Not Here. Toronto: Knoph Canada, 1996.
  
  
• Brand, Dionne. No Language is Neutral. Toronto: Knoph Canada, 1996.
  
  
• Brand, Dionne. No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario. Toronto: Women's Press, 1991.
  
  
• Brown, Rosemary. Being Brown: A Very Public Life. Toronto: Random House, 1989.
  
  
• Camper, Carol. Miscegenation Blues: Voices of Mixed Race Women. Toronto: Sister Vision, 1994.
  
  
• Carter, Velma and Carter, Levero. The Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions. Edmonton: Reidmore Books, Incorporated, 1989.
  
  
• Carty, Linda. And Still We Rise: Feminist Political Mobilizing in Contemporary Canada. Toronto: Women's Press, 1993.
  
  
• Clarke, Austin. The Origin of Ways. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1997.
  
  
• Clarke, Austin. The Austin Clarke Reader. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1996.
  
  
• Clarke, George Elliott. Fire on the Water: An Anthology of Black Nova Scotian Writing. Porter's Lake: Pottersfield Press, 1991.
  
  
• Clarke, George Elliott. Lush Dreams, Blue Exile: Fugitive Poems (1978-1993). Lawrencetown Beach: Pottersfield Press, 1994.
  
  
• Clarke, George Elliott. Eyeing The North Star: Directions in African Canadian Literature. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1997.
  
  
• Cromwell, Liz, ed. One Out of Many: A Collection of Writings by 21 Black Women in Ontario. Toronto: Wacacro Productions, 1975.
  
  
• Edwards, Haskell G. The Immigrant Family: Framework For Adaptation and Excellence. Oshawa: Miracle Press Limited, 1992.
  
  
• Elliott, Lorris, ed. Other Voices: Writings by Blacks in Canada. Toronto: William-Wallace, 1985.
  
  
• Faust, Minister. The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age bachelor pad. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
  
  
• French, Robert and Bishop, Henry. Out of The Past Into The Future: An Introductory Learning Guide. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1994.
  
  
• Foster, Cecil. A Place Called Heaven: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996.
  
  
• Foster, Cecil. Distorted Mirror: Canada's Racist Face. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Limited, 1991.
  
  
• Foster, Cecil. No Man in The House. Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1991.
  
  
• Foster, Cecil. Sleep on Beloved. Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1995.
  
  
• Graham, Pat and Stevenson, Darryl. The Black Experience in Manitoba: A Collection of Memories. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg School Division, 1993.
  
  
• Head and Lee. The Black Presence in The Canadian Mosaic. Toronto: Ontario Human Rights Commission, 1975.
  
  
• Hill, Daniel G. The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada. Agincourt: Book Society of Canada, 1981.
  
  
• Hill, Lawrence. Women of Vision: The Story of Canadian Negro Women's Association 1951-1976. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1996.
  
  
• Hill, Lawrence. Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1993.
  
  
• Hudson, Karen. The Jamaica Maroons and Twentieth Century Caribbean Immigration to Nova Scotia. Dartmouth: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1990.
  
  
• James, Carl and Shadd, Adrienne. Talking About Difference: Encounters in Culture, Language, and Identity. Toronto: Between The Lines, 1994.
  
  
• Johnston, Justin Marcus. James Robinson Johnston: The Life, Death and Legacy of Nova Scotia's Black Lawyer. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 2005.
  
  
• Kelly, Jennifer. Under the Gaze: Learning to be Black in White Society. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 1998.
  
  
• Kelly, Jennifer. Borrowed Identities. New York: P. Lang Publishing, 2003.
  
  
• Mensah, Joseph. Black Canadians: History, experiences, Social Conditions. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing, 2002.
  
  
• Oliver, Pearleen. Song of the Spirit: An Historical Narrative on the History of the Beachville United Baptist Church. Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1994.
  
  
• Pachai, Bridglal. Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: The Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks 1600-1800. Halifax: Black Educators Association of Nova Scotia, 1987.
  
  
• Pachai, Bridglal. Peoples of the Maritimes: Blacks. Tantallon: Four East Publications, 1993.
  
  
• Pachai, Bridglal et al. The Spirit of Africville. Halifax: Formac, 1990.
  
  
• Potter, Harold H. and Daniel G. Hill. Negro Settlement in Canada, 1628-1965: A Survey. Ottawa: Royal Commission on Bilingualism, 1967.
  
  
• Robbins, Arlie C. Legacy to Buxton. Chatham: Ideal Printing, 1983.
  
  
• Robinson, Gwendolyn and John. Seek the Truth: A Story of Chatham's Black Community. Chatham: Gwendolyn and John W. Robinson, 1989.
  
  
• Ruck, Calvin W. The Black Battalion 1916-1920: Canada's Best Kept Military Secret. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.
  
  
• Ruggles, Clifton. Outsider Blues: A Voice From the Shadows. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 1997.
  
  
• Sadlier, Rosemary. Mary Ann Shadd: Publisher, Editor, Teacher, Lawyer, Suffragette. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1995.
  
  
• Sadlier, Rosemary. Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1997.
  
  
• Sarsfield, Mairuth Hodge. No Crystal Stair. Norval: Moulin Publishing Limited, 1997.
  
  
• Sefa Dei, George.Anti-racism Education: Theory and Practice. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 1996.
  
  
• Senior, Olive. Discerning Hearts. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1995.
  
  
• Silvera, Makeda. The Issue is 'ism. Women of Color Speak Out Toronto: Sister Vision, 1989.
  
  
• Silvera, Makeda. The Other Woman: Women of Colour in Contemporary Canadian Literature. Toronto: Sister Vision, 1995.
  
  
• Talbot, Carol. Growing up Black in Canada. Toronto: Williams-Wallace, 1984.
  
  
• Vorst, Jesse. Race, Class, Gender: Bonds and Barriers. Toronto: Garamond Press, 1991.
  
  
• Ward, Frederick. Nobody Called Me Mine: Black Memories. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1977.
  
  
• Williams, Dorothy W. Blacks in Montreal, 1628-1986: An Urban Demography. Cowansville: Editions Yvon Blais, 1989.
  
  
• Williams, Dorothy W. The Road to Now: History of Blacks in Montreal. Vehicule Press, 1997.