The following is a guide to information, including books, av materials, journal articles and websites available through the Library Resource Centre at Library Support Services in the Winnipeg School Division on "Black History." If you wish to obtain any of the information, please call the Library Resource Centre at 788-0203 ext. 143, or come down and visit our library. We are located in the Prince Charles Educational Resource Centre at 1075 Wellington Avenue.

Updated January 2005

016.3058 KAL
Kaleidoscope : A Multicultural booklist for grades K-8.  Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, c1997.

016.8108 STE
Stephens, Claire Gatrell.  Coretta Scott King Award books : Using great literature with children and young adults.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

016.8109896073 RIC
Richards, Phillip M.  Best literature by and about Blacks.  Detroit, MI: Gale Group, c2000.

016.9200 0929 6073 BLA
Black writers : A Selection of sketches from Contemporary authors.  Detroit, MI: Gale Group, c1999.

305.48 RET
Returning the gaze : Essays on racism, feminism and politics.  Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1993.

305.896 ALE
Alexander, Ken.  Towards freedom : The African-Canadian experience.  Toronto: Umbrella Press, c1996.

782.1408 996073 PET
Peterson, Bernard L.  A Century of musicals in black and white : An Encyclopedia of musical stage works by, about, or involving African Americans.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

909.0496 BLA
Black firsts : 2,000 years of extraordinary achievement.  Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1994.

920 BLA
The Black experience in Manitoba : A Collection of memories.  Winnipeg: Winnipeg School Division No. 1 in cooperation with the IDEA Centre, 1993.

921 ANG
Angelou, Maya.  I know why the caged bird sings.  Toronto: Bantam Books, 1993.

971 CAR
Carter, Velma.  The Black Canadians : Their history and contributions.  Edmonton: Reidmore Books, c1989.

971.00496 WIN
Winks, Robin W.  The Blacks in Canada : A History.  Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997.

973.0496073 BLA
Black history month resource book.  Detroit: Gale Research, c1998.

973.7115 DRE
Drew, Benjamin.  The Refugee, or, the narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada.  Toronto: Prospero Books, 2000.

Amazing grace.  Woodstock, ON: Canadian Learning Company, 1993. 1 cassette (30 min.).
SUMMARY:  Although a classmate says that she can’t play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.  Audience:  P.  Media Booking # VHS000424

America’s civil rights movement.  Montgomery, AL: Teaching Tolerance, c1992. 1 videocassette, 2 v. (in container).
SUMMARY:  Depicts the civil rights struggle in the American South, with interviews from those who took part and defied racist policies. Challenges students to understand the principles behind the movement, and to identify and reflect on the meaning of those individual sacrifices.  Audience:  S.  Media Booking # KITVH01108

Black mother, Black daughter.  Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1989. 1 cassette (28 min.).
SUMMARY:  A testament to the courage of the Black women of Nova Scotia who have endured and survived slavery and discrimination during a 200 year history and, in the process, have passed on their strengths to their daughters.  Audience:  JSA.  Media Booking # VHS0001096

Carol’s mirror.  Montréal: National Film Board of Canada, 1992. 1 cassette (15 min.).
SUMMARY:  A Group of students produce a school play and in the process have to come to terms with racism.  Audience:  PI.  Media Booking # VHS0002077

Fields of endless day.  Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 199-. 1 videocassette (59 min.).
SUMMARY:  History of North America’s black population, tracing it’s struggles and triumphs over 375 years, shown in a series of dramatic vignettes.  Audience:  JSA.  Media Booking # VHS0001317

Older stronger wiser.  Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1989. 1 cassette (28 min.).
SUMMARY:  Focuses on five rural and urban Black women who speak of what life was like for them in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.  Documents their legacy of hard work and optimism in the face of adversity.  Audience:  JS.  Media Booking # VHS0002551

Oliver Jones in Africa.  Ottawa: National Film Board of Canada, 1990. 1 cassette (ca. 54 min.).
SUMMARY:  Oliver Jones is one of Canada’s premier Black jazz pianists.  Footage from the 1989 Nigerian tour shows not only a discovery of the roots of jazz music and Nigeria’s top musicians, but of Jones’ cultural roots as well.  Audience:  JSA.  Media Booking # VHS0002916

Remember Africville.  Montréal, PQ: National Film Board of Canada, 1991. 1 cassette (28 min.).
SUMMARY:  Depicts the predominantly black community of Africville, Nova Scotia, in terms of its present and past, including archival footage, home movies and photographs.  Audience:  JSA.  Media Booking # VHS0002273

Speak it! : From the heart of Black Nova Scotia.  Montréal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 1993. 1 cassette (28 min.).
SUMMARY:  Follows young black students from Halifax as they establish a Cultural Awareness Youth Group, a vehicle for building pride and self-esteem through educational and cultural programs, and shows how through group activities they grow in confidence, and discover their heritage.  Audience:  JS.  Media Booking # KITVH01354

Taylor, Mildred D.  Roll of thunder, hear my cry.  Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1994. 6 sound cassettes.
SUMMARY:  A Black family living in the South during the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination that its children do not understand.  Media Booking # AUDTR1035

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?  Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1992. 30 illustrated booklets, 1 sound cassette, 6 activity sheets.
SUMMARY:  Examines how Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eloquence and courage advanced the cause of equal rights for all Americans. Describes injustices inflicted by segregated society. Reviews major events in the life of Dr. King.  Audience:  P.  Media Booking # KITMM01096

“Black History resources.”  Teaching PreK-8 32.4 (2002): 95.

Burke, Lynne T.  “Picture books to celebrate Black History Month.”  Reading Today 21.4 (2004): 28.

Burke, Lynne T.  “Stories from Black history.”  Reading Today 18.4 (2001): 32.

Burns, Ann and Barbara Hoffert.  “The Color line revisited.”  Library Journal 126.18 (2001): 114-119.

Fernandez, Sharon.  “Our invisible minorities”  Toronto Star (Canada) June 16, 2004.

“Giving shape to Black history.”  Beaver 79.1 (1999): 4-5.

Hill, Lawrence.  “Don't call me that word.”  Maclean's 115.8 (2002): 60.

“How to teach your child Black history.”  Ebony 56.4 (2001): 65-66.

Husted, Susie.  “Web site review : African-American history.”  School Library Journal 46.12 (2000): 67-68.

Maxwell, D. Jackson.  “Getting ready for Black history month.”  Book Report 19.4 (2001): 17-18.

Mitchoff, Kate Houston, Phyllis Levy Mandell, and Alex Sinclair.  “Web site review : Black history / civil rights.”  School Library Journal 50.10 (2004): 71-72.

Rochman, Hazel.  “Top 10 Black History Titles for Youth.”  Booklist 100.12 (2004): 1073.

Troutner, Joanne.  “Black History Web Sites for Students.”  Booklist 100.12 (2004): 1084.

The African American : A Journey from slavery to freedom.  Melvin Sylvester. Long Island University. 9 Dec. 2004 http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm

African American Perspectives.  October 1998. The Library of Congress. 8 Dec. 2004 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

African Heritage Month.  Randy Barkhouse. February 2001. 8 Dec. 2004 http://www.dal.ca/~acswww/dalbh.html

The African presence in the Americas, 1492-1992.  2000. Cultural Heritage Initiatives for Community Outreach; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 8 Dec. 2004 http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/index.html

African voices.  Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. 9 Dec. 2004 http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

Black history resources : Curricular and pedagogical resources : African Canadian history.  February 2004. Social Sciences Resource Centre. 8 Dec. 2004 http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/socialsciences/bhr/hbhmcan.htm

Black Loyalists : Our history, our people.  Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada. 8 Dec. 2004 http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/

Blacks in Canada : A Long history.  March 2004. Statistics Canada. 3 Dec. 2004 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040309/b040309a.htm

Blackstudies.ca.  December 2002. Black Studies Centre. 8 Dec. 2004
http://www.blackstudies.ca/index.html

Black Voice.  Roderick Charles. 9 Dec. 2004 http://www.blackvoice.com/

Canadian Race Relations Foundation : Black history.  CCRF. 8 Dec. 2004 http://www.crr.ca/en/General/Links/eLinks_His.htm#black

Celebrating Black history.  Time. 3 Dec. 2004 http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/

Images of African Americans in the 19^th century.  1999. The New York Public Library. 3 Dec. 2004 http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/

Multiculturalism : Black history month.  January 2004. Canadian Heritage. 9 Dec. 2004 http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/black-noir/index_e.cfm

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.  2002. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. 3 Dec. 2004 http://www.freedomcenter.org

OBHS online : Ontario Black History Society Archives.  Ontario Black History Society. 9 Dec 2004 http://collections.ic.gc.ca/obho/index.html

Ontario’s underground railroad.  8 Dec. 2004 http://www.africanhertour.org/

Patchwork of African-American life.  Tom March. February 2004. SBC Knowledge Ventures. 8 Dec. 2004 http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

The Underground railroad.  2004. National Geographic. 9 Dec. 2004 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/