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Black History: Home

Find a wide range of resources about Black history, and current experiences, with a focus on Canada. Download our Black Authors reading list with books for all ages.

Welcome to Winnipeg Public Library's Black History Info Guide. This guide shares a wide range of resources to help learn more about Black history, with a focus on Canada.  You will find articles, documentaries, short videos, and book recommendations.

book cover for Soundin' Canaan : Black Canadian poetry, music, and citizenship
book cover for The long road home : on blackness and belonging
book cover for Lawrencia's last parang : a memoir of loss and
Gridiron underground : Black American journeys in Canadian football
They call me George : the untold story of black train porters and the birth of modern Canada
Policing Black lives : state violence in Canada from slavery to the present
Blacks in Canada : a history
Unsettling the Great White North : Black Canadian history

Image credit for card on Search Smart page: Owen Clark Collection-CFI, sourced from Winnipeg Free Press, February 21, 2016 "Longtime porter became labour leader, pillar of black community", author: Christian Cassidy.
The image is of the former Unity Pool Hall, 795 Main Street, Winnipeg.

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