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Black History Month

A selection of nonfiction titles in honour of Black History Month

Brockville Public Library

16 items

  • Until We Are Free

    Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada

    BookRegina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2020] — 305.896 UNT
  • The Skin We're in

    a Year of Black Resistance and Power

    Cole, Desmond, 1982-
    Book[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, [2020] — 305.896 COL
  • Gridiron Underground

    Black American Journeys in Canadian Football

    Wallen, James R.
    BookToronto : Dundurn, [2019] — B 796.335 WAL
  • They Call Me George

    the Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada

    Foster, Cecil, 1954-
    BookWindsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2019] — 331.76138522 FOS
  • Shut Out

    the Game That Did Not Love Me Black : a Hockey Memoir

    Saunders, Bernie
    BookToronto : Patrick Crean Editions, [2021] — B 796.962 SAU
  • Emancipation Day

    Celebrating Freedom in Canada

    Henry, Natasha L.
    BookToronto : Natural Heritage Books/Dundurn Press, [2010] — 394.263 HEN
  • From My Mother's Back

    a Journey From Kenya to Canada

    Wane, Njoki Nathani
    BookHamilton, ON : Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, [2020] — B 971.004 WAN
  • The Hanging of Angelique

    the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal

    Cooper, Afua
    BookB 971.4 COO
  • Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend

    Notes From the Other Side of the Fist Bump

    Philippe, Ben
    BookNew York : Harper Perennial, [2021] — 305.896 PHI
  • The Road to Dawn

    Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War

    Brock, Jared
    BookNew York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2018. — B 306.362 BRO
  • Mary Ann Shadd Cary

    the Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century

    Rhodes, Jane, 1955-
    BookBloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2023. — B 305.48 RHO
  • Willie

    the Game-changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player

    O'Ree, Willie, 1935-
    Book[Toronto] : Penguin, 2021. — B 796.962 ORE