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• Zami

  a New Spelling of My Name

  Lorde, Audre

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  "ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde's work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . .…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Were Eight Years in Power

  An American Tragedy

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  "In this "urgently relevant"* collection featuring the landmark essay "The Case for Reparations," the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of Law

  a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

  Rothstein, Richard

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  This "powerful and disturbing history" exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide ( New York Times Book Review ). Also available as an eBook and streaming audiobook.

• P.K. Subban

  Fighting Racism to Become a Hockey Superstar and a Role Model for Athletes of Colour

  Rondina, Catherine

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  "A look at the life and career of hockey player P.K. Subban, including his stand against racism, which he himself has encountered throughout his time playing hockey."

• George & Darril Fosty's Black Ice

  the Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925

  Fosty, George Robert

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  "In 1895, The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was Twenty-five years before the Negro Baseball Leauges in the United States, and twenty-two years before the birth of the National Hockey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• North of the Color Line

  Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955

  Mathieu, Sarah-Jane

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  "Examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States." Also available as an eBook.

• The Hanging of Angélique

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

  Cooper, Afua

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  "Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boonoonoonous Hair!

  Senior, Olive

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  "In this picture book, a young black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage hair."

• Crown

  An Ode to the Fresh Cut

  Barnes, Derrick

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  "Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair." Also available on audiobook CD.

• Dear Black Girls

  Nicole, Shanice, 1992-

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  "Celebrates the uniqueness of Black girls and reminds young readers that they all deserve to be loved just the way they are."

• City in Colour

  Rediscovered Stories of Victoria's Multicultural Past

  Wong, May Q., 1955-

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  "Tells the stories of a number of individuals who were an important part of Victoria, British Columbia's history as well as being people of colour." Also available as an eBook.

• How She Read

  Poems

  Gibson, Chantal N.

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  "How She Read is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian cultural imagination."

• Burning Sugar

  Poems

  Blain, Cicely Belle, 1993-

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  "A poetic exploration of Black identity, history, and lived experience influenced by the constant search for liberation. In this incendiary debut collection, activist and poet Cicely Belle Blain intimately revisits familiar spaces in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gutter Child

  a Novel

  Richardson, Jael Ealey, 1980-

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  "A fierce and illuminating debut from FOLD founder Jael Richardson about a young woman who must find the courage to determine her own future and secure her freedom." Also available as an eBook.

• Butter Honey Pig Bread

  a Novel

  Ekwuyasi, Francesca, 1990-

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  "An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Piece

  Collected Short Fiction

  Alexis, André, 1957-

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  "These reveal worlds both familiar and deeply strange. Drawing from the author's debut collection, this is surreal and brilliant short fiction from one of Canada's most extraordinary writers." Also available as an eBook and downloadable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Willie

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

  O'Ree, Willie, 1935-

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  A autobiography of Canadian Willie O'Ree, the first black player to play in the NHL. Also available as a downloadable audiobook.

• Eat Salt Gaze at the Ocean

  Poems

  Désil, Junie

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  "eat salt | gaze at the ocean explores the themes of Black sovereignty, Haitian sovereignty, and Black lives, using the Haitian (original) zombie as a metaphor for the condition and treatment of Black bodies. Interspersed with information…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Word Problems

  Poems

  Williams, Ian, 1979-

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  "From Ian Williams, author of Reproduction , winner of the Giller Prize and a June 2020 Indie Next Great Read. Frustrated by how tough the issues of our time are to solve - racial inequality, our pernicious depression, the troubled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dyzgraphxst

  a Poem

  Lubrin, Canisia, 1984-

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  "The Dyzgraphist presents seven inquiries into selfhood through the perennial figure Jejune. Polyvocal in register, the book moves to mine meanings of kinship through the wide and intimate reach of language across geographies and…Read moreRead more of this annotation