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The following is a list of items related to the theme of African American/Canadian history available in the library. A list of web links on African American/Canadian history appears at the bottom.
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Carson, Mary Kay. The Underground Railroad for Kids: from Slavery to Freedom. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2005. J 973.7 CAR
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Library materials relating to African American/Canadian history can be shelved in different areas of the library based on the primary emphasis of the contents. Some of the major categories include:
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Carter, Velma and Levero (Lee) Carter. The Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions. Edmonton: Reidmore, 1993. J 971 CAR
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*305: Social groups
 +
*320: Political science
 +
*323: Civil and Political Rights
 +
*370: Education
 +
*916: Africa
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*921: Biography
 +
*960: History of Africa
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*971: History of Canada
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*973: History of the United States
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Cooper, John. Seasons of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights. Toronto: Tundra, 2005. J 323.1196 COO
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This list focuses on the North American experience. The library has a collection of books about African politics, history, and culture that is not listed here.
-
Equiano, Olaudah. The Kidnapped Prince: the life of Olaudah Equiano. New York: Yearling, 1995. J305.567 CAM
 
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Ferris, Jeri. Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. 1988. J 305.5 FER
+
== Junior Information Books ==
-
Gorrell, Gena. The Story of the Underground Railroad. North Star to Freedom.  Toronto: Stodddart, 1996. J 973.71 GOR
+
Carson, Mary Kay. ''The Underground Railroad for Kids: from Slavery to Freedom''.  Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2005. J 973.7 CAR
-
Granfield, Linda. Amazing Grace: the Story of the Hymn. Toronto: Tundra, 1997. J 973.71 GRA
+
Carter, Velma and Levero (Lee) Carter. ''The Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions''. Edmonton: Reidmore, 1993. J 971 CAR
-
Greenwood, Barbara. The Last Safe House: a Story of the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. J 973.71 GRE
+
Cooper, John. ''Seasons of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights''. Toronto: Tundra, 2005. J 323.1196 COO
-
Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. New York: Knopf, 1996. J 973.7 HAM
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Equiano, Olaudah. ''The Kidnapped Prince: the life of Olaudah Equiano''. New York: Yearling, 1995. J 305.567 CAM
-
Livesey, Robert and A. G. Smith. Black Heritage (Discovering Canada).  Markham: FItzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. J 971.0049 LIV
+
Ferris, Jeri. ''Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman''. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. 1988. J 305.5 FER
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Mara, Wil. Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Children's Press, 2002. J 323.092 MAR
+
Gorrell, Gena. ''The Story of the Underground Railroad. North Star to Freedom''.  Toronto: Stodddart, 1996. J 973.71 GOR
-
Pastan, Amy. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Photographic Life. London: DK Publishing, 2004. J 323.092 PAS
+
Granfield, Linda. ''Amazing Grace: the Story of the Hymn''. Toronto: Tundra, 1997. J 973.71 GRA
-
Sadlier, Rosemary. The Kids Book of Black Canadian History. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. J 305.896 SAD
+
Greenwood, Barbara. ''The Last Safe House: a Story of the Underground Railroad''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. J 973.71 GRE
-
Sadlier, Rosemary. Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1997. J 305.5 SAD
+
Hamilton, Virginia. ''Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom''. New York: Knopf, 1996. J 973.7 HAM
-
Shadd, Adrienne, Cooper, Afua, and Karolyn Smardz Frost. The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002. J 971.3541 SHA
+
Livesey, Robert and A. G. Smith. ''Black Heritage (Discovering Canada)''.  Markham: FItzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. J 971.0049 LIV
-
'''Picture Books'''
+
Mara, Wil. ''Martin Luther King Jr''. New York: Children's Press, 2002. J 323.092 MAR
-
Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic, 1995. PB 370.19 BRI
+
Pastan, Amy. ''Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Photographic Life''. London: DK Publishing, 2004. J 323.092 PAS
-
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. The Bus Ride that Changed History: the Story of Rosa Parks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. PB 323.092 EDW
+
Sadlier, Rosemary. ''The Kids Book of Black Canadian History''. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. J 305.896 SAD
-
Feelings, Tom. The Middle Passage. New York: Dial Books, 1995. PB 759. 13 FEE
+
Sadlier, Rosemary. ''Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad''. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1997. J 305.5 SAD
-
Haskins, James and Kathleen Benson. African Beginnings. New York: William Mororw, 1998. PB 960 HAS
+
Shadd, Adrienne, Cooper, Afua, and Karolyn Smardz Frost. ''The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!'' Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002. J 971.3541 SHA
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Knight, Margie Burns and Mark Melnicove. Africa is not a Country. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 2000. PB 916 KNI
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== Picture Books ==
-
Rappaport, Doreen. Freedom River. New York: Hyperion, 2000. PB 973.7 RAP
+
Coles, Robert. ''The Story of Ruby Bridges''. New York: Scholastic, 1995. PB 370.19 BRI
-
Ringgold, Faith. If a Bus Could Talk: the Story of Rosa Parks. New York: Aladdin, 2003. PB 323.092 PAR RIN
+
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. ''The Bus Ride that Changed History: the Story of Rosa Parks''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. PB 323.092 EDW
-
'''Comics and Graphic Novels'''
+
Feelings, Tom. ''The Middle Passage''. New York: Dial Books, 1995. PB 759. 13 FEE
-
Anderson, Ho Che. King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 921 AND
+
Haskins, James and Kathleen Benson. ''African Beginnings''. New York: William Mororw, 1998. PB 960 HAS
-
Helfer, Andrew and Randy Burke. Malcom X: A Graphic Biography. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. 320.54 HEL
+
Knight, Margie Burns and Mark Melnicove. ''Africa is not a Country''. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 2000. PB 916 KNI
-
'''Senior Information Books'''
+
Rappaport, Doreen. F''reedom River''. New York: Hyperion, 2000. PB 973.7 RAP
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Brown, Ricard D. and Stephen G. Rabe (eds.).  Slavery in America. Toronto: D.C. Heath, 1976. 301.44 SLA
+
Raven, Margot Theis. ''Night Boat to Freedom''. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.
-
Clairmont, Donald H. and Dennis William Magill. Africville: the Life and Death of a Canadian Black Community. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1999. 971.6 CLA
+
Ringgold, Faith.'' If a Bus Could Talk: the Story of Rosa Parks''. New York: Aladdin, 2003. PB 323.092 PAR RIN
-
Coddon, Karin. (ed.) Runaway Slaves. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven, 2004. 973.7 RUN
+
== Comics and Graphic Novels ==
-
Collison, Gary. Shadrach Minkins: from Fugitive Slave to Citizen. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. 973.7 COL
+
Anderson, Ho Che. ''King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.'' Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 921 AND
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Cooper, Afua. The Hanging of Angelique: the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2006. 971.4 COO
+
Helfer, Andrew and Randy Burke. ''Malcom X: A Graphic Biography''. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. 320.54 HEL
-
Field, Ron. African Peoples of the Americas: from Slavery to Civil Rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.  970.0049 FIE
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== Senior Information Books ==
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Kallen, Stuart. Life on the Underground Railroad. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. 973.7 KAL
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Brown, Ricard D. and Stephen G. Rabe (eds.).  ''Slavery in America''. Toronto: D.C. Heath, 1976. 301.44 SLA
-
Levine, Ellen. Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. New York: Penguin, 1993. 973 LEV
+
Carson, Clayborne. (ed.) ''The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.'' New York: Warner Books, 1998. 323.092 KIN
-
Liston, Robert. Slavery in America: the Heritage of Slavery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 301.45 LIS
+
Clairmont, Donald H. and Dennis William Magill. ''Africville: the Life and Death of a Canadian Black Community''. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1999. 971.6 CLA
-
Meltzer, Milton. There Comes a Time: the Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. 973 MEL
+
Coddon, Karin. (ed.) ''Runaway Slaves''. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven, 2004. 973.7 RUN
-
Owens, Leslie Howard. This Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 301.44 OWE
+
Collison, Gary. ''Shadrach Minkins: from Fugitive Slave to Citizen''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. 973.7 COL
-
Pachai, Bridglal. Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: the Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks, Volume II: 1800-1989. Halifax: The Black Educators Association, 1990. 971.6 PAC
+
Cooper, Afua. ''The Hanging of Angelique: the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2006. 971.4 COO
-
Rhodes, Jane. Mary Ann Shadd Cary: the Black Press abnd Protest in the Nineteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 305.48 RHO
+
Douglass, Frederick. ''Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988. 921 DOU
-
Schnieder, Dorothy and Carl J. Schneider. An Eyewitness Story of Slavery in America from Colonial Times to the Civil War. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. 973.0496 SCH
+
Field, Ron. ''African Peoples of the Americas: from Slavery to Civil Rights''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 970.0049 FIE
-
Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992. 973.0496 SLA
+
Frady, Marshall. ''Martin Luther King, Jr.'' (Penguin Lives) New York: Viking, 2002. 323.092 KIN FRA
-
Tait, Terence D. Black and White in North America: Selected Resources. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 973 BLA
+
Hill, Daniel G. ''The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada''. Toronto: Stoddart, 1981. 971 HIL
-
Winks, Robin. The Blacks in Canada: A History. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. 971 WIN
+
Hurmence, Belinda. ''Slavery Time: When I was Chillun''. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1997.
-
'''Multi-Media'''
+
Kallen, Stuart. ''Life on the Underground Railroad''. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. 973.7 KAL
-
Canada: a People's History. Volume 5 Disc 1: The Great Enterprise: 1850-1867. (includes special documentary edition with extra features). DVD DVD 971 CAN
+
Gilbert, Olive. ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth''. Mineola: Dover, 1997. 305.5 TRU GIL
-
Era of Segregation: a Personal Perspective.  VHS (30 min.) MLC 323 ERA
+
Levine, Ellen. ''Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories''. New York: Penguin, 1993.  973 LEV
 +
 
 +
Liston, Robert. ''Slavery in America: the Heritage of Slavery''. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 301.45 LIS
 +
 
 +
Meltzer, Milton. ''There Comes a Time: the Struggle for Civil Rights''. New York: Random House, 2001. 973 MEL
 +
 
 +
Owens, Leslie Howard. T''his Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 301.44 OWE
 +
 
 +
Pachai, Bridglal. ''Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: the Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks, Volume II: 1800-1989''. Halifax: The Black Educators Association, 1990. 971.6 PAC
 +
 
 +
Petry, Ann. ''Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad''. New York: Harper Trophy, 1996. 921 TUB
 +
 
 +
Rhodes, Jane. ''Mary Ann Shadd Cary: the Black Press abnd Protest in the Nineteenth Century''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 305.48 RHO
 +
 
 +
Roper, Moses. ''Narrative of My Escape from Slavery''. Mineola: Dover, 2003. 305.5 ROP
 +
 
 +
Schnieder, Dorothy and Carl J. Schneider. ''An Eyewitness Story of Slavery in America from Colonial Times to the Civil War''. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. 973.0496 SCH
 +
 
 +
''Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints''. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992. 973.0496 SLA
 +
 
 +
Tait, Terence D. ''Black and White in North America: Selected Resources''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 973 BLA
 +
 
 +
Winks, Robin. ''The Blacks in Canada: A History''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. 971 WIN
 +
 
 +
World Book. ''Martin Luther King, Jr.'' (Biographical Connections) Chicago: World Book, 2007. 323.092 SCH
 +
 
 +
== Multi-Media ==
 +
 
 +
''Canada: a People's History''. Volume 5 Disc 1: The Great Enterprise: 1850-1867. (includes special documentary edition with extra features). DVD DVD 971 CAN
 +
 
 +
''Era of Segregation: a Personal Perspective''.  VHS (30 min.) MLC 323 ERA
Historica Heritage Minutes (minutes on Jackie Robinson,  the Springhill mining disaster, the Underground Railroad). VHS VC 971 HIS
Historica Heritage Minutes (minutes on Jackie Robinson,  the Springhill mining disaster, the Underground Railroad). VHS VC 971 HIS
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from a Birmingham Jail (American Documents Series). VHS (25 min.) MLC 323.092 MAR
+
''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from a Birmingham Jail''. (American Documents Series). VHS (25 min.) MLC 323.092 MAR
 +
 
 +
''Race to Freedom: the Underground Railroad''. VHS (100 min.) MLC 973.7 RAC
 +
 
 +
''Then and Now'' (Canada in View Series). VHS  (24 min.) MLC 971 THE
 +
 
 +
== Web Links ==
 +
 
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[http://halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/ahmonth/index.php African Heritage] (from the Halifax Public Library)
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[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html Africans in America] (from PBS)
 +
 
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[http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm Black History Month] (Heritage Canada)
 +
 
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[http://www.blackpast.org/ Blackpast.org]
 +
 
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[http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education] (from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
 +
 
 +
[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Voices from the Days of Slavery] (Library of Congress American Memory Project)
 +
 
 +
== Junior Fiction ==
 +
 
 +
Curtis, Christopher Paul. ''The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963''. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1995. J F CUR
 +
 
 +
Curtis, Christopher Paul. ''Bud, Not Buddy''. New York: Delacorte, 1999. J F CUR
 +
 
 +
Curtis, Christopher Paul. ''Elijah of Buxton''. Toronto: Scholastic, 2007. J F CUR
 +
 
 +
Fitzhugh, Louise.  ''Nobody's Family is Going to Change''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003. J F FIT
 +
 
 +
== Senior Fiction ==
 +
 
 +
Baldwin, James. ''Go Tell it on the Mountain''. New York: Dell, 1953. F BAL
 +
 
 +
Clarke, Austin. ''The Question''. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999. F CLA
 +
 
 +
Clarke, Austin. ''Storm of Fortune''. Toronto McClelland and Stewart, 1998. F CLA
-
Race to Freedom: the Underground Railroad. VHS (100 min.) MLC 973.7 RAC
+
Hill, Lawrence. ''Any Known Blood''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1997. F HIL
-
Then and Now (Canada in View Series). VHS  (24 min.) MLC 971 THE
+
Hill, Lawrence. ''The Book of Negroes''. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007. F HIL

Current revision as of 20:44, 15 February 2008

The following is a list of items related to the theme of African American/Canadian history available in the library. A list of web links on African American/Canadian history appears at the bottom.

Library materials relating to African American/Canadian history can be shelved in different areas of the library based on the primary emphasis of the contents. Some of the major categories include:

  • 305: Social groups
  • 320: Political science
  • 323: Civil and Political Rights
  • 370: Education
  • 916: Africa
  • 921: Biography
  • 960: History of Africa
  • 971: History of Canada
  • 973: History of the United States

This list focuses on the North American experience. The library has a collection of books about African politics, history, and culture that is not listed here.


Contents

Junior Information Books

Carson, Mary Kay. The Underground Railroad for Kids: from Slavery to Freedom. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2005. J 973.7 CAR

Carter, Velma and Levero (Lee) Carter. The Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions. Edmonton: Reidmore, 1993. J 971 CAR

Cooper, John. Seasons of Rage: Hugh Burnett and the Struggle for Civil Rights. Toronto: Tundra, 2005. J 323.1196 COO

Equiano, Olaudah. The Kidnapped Prince: the life of Olaudah Equiano. New York: Yearling, 1995. J 305.567 CAM

Ferris, Jeri. Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. 1988. J 305.5 FER

Gorrell, Gena. The Story of the Underground Railroad. North Star to Freedom. Toronto: Stodddart, 1996. J 973.71 GOR

Granfield, Linda. Amazing Grace: the Story of the Hymn. Toronto: Tundra, 1997. J 973.71 GRA

Greenwood, Barbara. The Last Safe House: a Story of the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. J 973.71 GRE

Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. New York: Knopf, 1996. J 973.7 HAM

Livesey, Robert and A. G. Smith. Black Heritage (Discovering Canada). Markham: FItzhenry & Whiteside, 2006. J 971.0049 LIV

Mara, Wil. Martin Luther King Jr. New York: Children's Press, 2002. J 323.092 MAR

Pastan, Amy. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Photographic Life. London: DK Publishing, 2004. J 323.092 PAS

Sadlier, Rosemary. The Kids Book of Black Canadian History. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. J 305.896 SAD

Sadlier, Rosemary. Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1997. J 305.5 SAD

Shadd, Adrienne, Cooper, Afua, and Karolyn Smardz Frost. The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2002. J 971.3541 SHA

Picture Books

Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic, 1995. PB 370.19 BRI

Edwards, Pamela Duncan. The Bus Ride that Changed History: the Story of Rosa Parks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. PB 323.092 EDW

Feelings, Tom. The Middle Passage. New York: Dial Books, 1995. PB 759. 13 FEE

Haskins, James and Kathleen Benson. African Beginnings. New York: William Mororw, 1998. PB 960 HAS

Knight, Margie Burns and Mark Melnicove. Africa is not a Country. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 2000. PB 916 KNI

Rappaport, Doreen. Freedom River. New York: Hyperion, 2000. PB 973.7 RAP

Raven, Margot Theis. Night Boat to Freedom. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.

Ringgold, Faith. If a Bus Could Talk: the Story of Rosa Parks. New York: Aladdin, 2003. PB 323.092 PAR RIN

Comics and Graphic Novels

Anderson, Ho Che. King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 921 AND

Helfer, Andrew and Randy Burke. Malcom X: A Graphic Biography. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. 320.54 HEL

Senior Information Books

Brown, Ricard D. and Stephen G. Rabe (eds.). Slavery in America. Toronto: D.C. Heath, 1976. 301.44 SLA

Carson, Clayborne. (ed.) The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Warner Books, 1998. 323.092 KIN

Clairmont, Donald H. and Dennis William Magill. Africville: the Life and Death of a Canadian Black Community. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1999. 971.6 CLA

Coddon, Karin. (ed.) Runaway Slaves. Farmington Hills: Greenhaven, 2004. 973.7 RUN

Collison, Gary. Shadrach Minkins: from Fugitive Slave to Citizen. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. 973.7 COL

Cooper, Afua. The Hanging of Angelique: the Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2006. 971.4 COO

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988. 921 DOU

Field, Ron. African Peoples of the Americas: from Slavery to Civil Rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 970.0049 FIE

Frady, Marshall. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Penguin Lives) New York: Viking, 2002. 323.092 KIN FRA

Hill, Daniel G. The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada. Toronto: Stoddart, 1981. 971 HIL

Hurmence, Belinda. Slavery Time: When I was Chillun. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1997.

Kallen, Stuart. Life on the Underground Railroad. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. 973.7 KAL

Gilbert, Olive. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Mineola: Dover, 1997. 305.5 TRU GIL

Levine, Ellen. Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. New York: Penguin, 1993. 973 LEV

Liston, Robert. Slavery in America: the Heritage of Slavery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 301.45 LIS

Meltzer, Milton. There Comes a Time: the Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. 973 MEL

Owens, Leslie Howard. This Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 301.44 OWE

Pachai, Bridglal. Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: the Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks, Volume II: 1800-1989. Halifax: The Black Educators Association, 1990. 971.6 PAC

Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad. New York: Harper Trophy, 1996. 921 TUB

Rhodes, Jane. Mary Ann Shadd Cary: the Black Press abnd Protest in the Nineteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. 305.48 RHO

Roper, Moses. Narrative of My Escape from Slavery. Mineola: Dover, 2003. 305.5 ROP

Schnieder, Dorothy and Carl J. Schneider. An Eyewitness Story of Slavery in America from Colonial Times to the Civil War. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. 973.0496 SCH

Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1992. 973.0496 SLA

Tait, Terence D. Black and White in North America: Selected Resources. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 973 BLA

Winks, Robin. The Blacks in Canada: A History. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. 971 WIN

World Book. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Biographical Connections) Chicago: World Book, 2007. 323.092 SCH

Multi-Media

Canada: a People's History. Volume 5 Disc 1: The Great Enterprise: 1850-1867. (includes special documentary edition with extra features). DVD DVD 971 CAN

Era of Segregation: a Personal Perspective. VHS (30 min.) MLC 323 ERA

Historica Heritage Minutes (minutes on Jackie Robinson, the Springhill mining disaster, the Underground Railroad). VHS VC 971 HIS

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from a Birmingham Jail. (American Documents Series). VHS (25 min.) MLC 323.092 MAR

Race to Freedom: the Underground Railroad. VHS (100 min.) MLC 973.7 RAC

Then and Now (Canada in View Series). VHS (24 min.) MLC 971 THE

Web Links

African Heritage (from the Halifax Public Library)

Africans in America (from PBS)

Black History Month (Heritage Canada)

Blackpast.org

Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education (from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History)

Voices from the Days of Slavery (Library of Congress American Memory Project)

Junior Fiction

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1995. J F CUR

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. New York: Delacorte, 1999. J F CUR

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton. Toronto: Scholastic, 2007. J F CUR

Fitzhugh, Louise. Nobody's Family is Going to Change. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003. J F FIT

Senior Fiction

Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. New York: Dell, 1953. F BAL

Clarke, Austin. The Question. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999. F CLA

Clarke, Austin. Storm of Fortune. Toronto McClelland and Stewart, 1998. F CLA

Hill, Lawrence. Any Known Blood. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1997. F HIL

Hill, Lawrence. The Book of Negroes. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2007. F HIL

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