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Black History Month: Canadian Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

Celebrate Black History Month year-round with recent Canadian non-fiction, biographies, and memoirs about Black history and experiences

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Richmond Public Library

25 items

  • Making History

    Visual Arts & Blackness in Canada

    Book, 2023Vancouver, BC : On Point Press, [2023] — 704.0396 MAK
  • Harvesting Freedom

    the Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada

    Allahdua, Gabriel,
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON : Between the Lines, 2023. — 921 ALL
  • Whiteout

    How Canada Cancels Blackness

    Clarke, George Elliott,
    Book, 2023Montreal : Vehicule Press, [2023] — 305.896 CLA
  • Book, 2023Montréal, QC : Véhicule Press, [2023] — 819.454 GOO
  • 1934

    the Chatham Coloured All-Stars' Barrier-breaking Year

    Jacobs, Heidi L. M.,
    Book, 2023Windsor, ON : Biblioasis, [2023] — 796.3576 JAC
  • Races

    the Trials & Triumphs of Canada's Fastest Family

    Jerome, Valerie (Valerie E.),
    Book, 2023Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane Editions, [2023] — 920 JER
  • Book, 2022Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2022. — 921 ABD
  • My Ackee Tree

    a Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen

    Barr, Suzanne (Cook),
    Book, 2022Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2022. — 921 BAR
  • Yawd

    Modern Afro-Caribbean Recipes

    Forte, Adrian,
    Book, 2022Vancouver, British Columbia : Appetite by Random House, [2022] — 641.5972 FOR
  • The Girl in the Middle

    Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor

    Granofsky, Anais,
    Book, 2022Toronto : Harper Avenue, 2022. — 921 GRA
  • No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot

    My Rise From a Jamaican Plantation Shack to the Boardrooms of Bay Street

    Hall, Wes,
    Book, 2022Toronto : Random House Canada, 2022. — 921 HAL
  • Book, 2022Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2022] — 306.0905 MAY
  • Invisible Boy

    a Memoir of Self-discovery

    Mooney, Harrison,
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2022] — 921 MOO
  • Disorientation

    Being Black in the World

    Williams, Ian, 1979-
    Book, 2021Toronto : Random House Canada, 2021. — 305.896 WIL
  • Out of the Sun

    on Race and Storytelling

    Edugyan, Esi,
    Book, 2021Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2021. — 704.0396 EDU
  • Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend

    Notes From the Other Side of the Fist Bump

    Philippe, Ben,
    Book, 2021New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — 819.46 PHI
  • The Skin We're in

    a Year of Black Resistance and Power

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