Black History Month Non-Fiction for Adults

A selection of non-fiction books that highlight the history, accomplishments and experiences of Black Canadians.

Updated January 25, 2025
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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Black women who dared
Moyer, Naomi M.
Paper Book
Inspirational stories of ten Black women and women's collectives from Canadian and American history. Included are leaders and groundbreakers who were anti-slavery activists, business women, health-care activists, civic organizers and educators. Celebrate these remarkable women, some of whom you may...
The long road home : on Blackness and belonging
Thompson, Debra
Paper Book
INSTANT BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION From a leading scholar on the politics of race comes a work of family history, memoir, and insight gained from a unique journey across the continent, on what it is to be Black in...
Ordinary Notes
Sharpe, Christina
Paper Book
A finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, NPR, New York magazine, Kirkus, and Barnes and Noble ...
They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up
Martis, Eternity
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful, moving memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus. A booksmart kid from Toronto, Eternity Martis was excited to move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the...

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