This by no means is an extensive list. The books listed below are from my personal library and/or books that I have read. 

    Canadian Books on Black History

  1.  Unsettling The Great White North Black Canadian History, Edited by Michele A. Johnson & Funké Aladejebi, 2022
  2. Shadd: The Life and Times of Mary Shadd Cary, Jim Bearden and Linda Jean Butler, 1977
  3. Sarah’s Journey, David Beasley, 2004
  4. Being Brown A Very Public Life, Ballantine Books, Rosemary Brown, 1989
  5. The Queen’s Bush Settlement Black Pioneers 1839-1865, Natural Heritage Books, Linda Brown-Kubisch, 2004
  6. The Hanging of Angelique, Harper Collins Publishers Inc. Afua Cooper, 2006
  7. The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves, Prospero Books, Benjamin Drew, 2000
  8. A Stolen Life Searching for Richard Pierpont, David & Peter Meyler, 1999
  9. The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Dover Publications, Olaudah Equiano, 1999
  10. I’ve Got A Home in Glory Land, A Lost Tale of The Underground Railroad, Thomas Allen Publishers, Karolyn Smardz Frost, 2008
  11. Emancipation Day Celebrating Freedom in Canada, Natural Heritage Books, Natasha L. Henry, 2010
  12. The Life of Josiah Henson Formerly A Slave, Arthur D. Phelps, Josiah Henson, 1849
  13. The Freedom-Seekers Blacks in Early Canada, The Book Society of Canada, Dr. Daniel G. Hill, 1981 x 2
  14. The Book of Negros Illustrated Edition, Harper Collins Publisher, Ltd., Lawrence Hill, 2009
  15. Against All Odds The Story of William Peyton Hubbard Black Leader and Municipal Reformer, Dundurn Press, Stephen L. Hubbard, 1987
  16. Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge Canada and The Civil War. ECW Press, Paul Martin, 2021
  17.  For My Country Black Canadian on the Field of Honour, Department of National Defence, Dennis & Leslie McLaughlin
  18. Black Canadians history, experiences, social conditions, Fernwood Publishing, Joseph Mensah, 2002
  19. A Black American Missionary in Canada, The Life and Letters of Lewis Champion Chambers. Edited by Hilary Bates Neary, McGill-Queen"s University Pres 2022
  20. A Safe Haven The Story of the Black Settlers of Oxford County, The South Norwich Historical Society, Joyce A. Pettigrew, 2006
  21. I Came as a Stranger The Underground Railroad, Tundra Books, Bryan Prince, 2004
  22. One More River to Cross, Dundurn Natural Heritage,  Bryan Prince, 2012
  23. An Enduring Heritage Black Contributions to early Ontario, Roger Riendeau & Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Culture, Dundurn Press Lt., 1984
  24. Harriett Tubman Freedom Seeker, Freedom Leader A Quest Biography, Dundurn, Rosemary Sadlier, 2012
  25. A Plea for Emigration Or, Notes of Canada West, The Mercury Press, Mary A. Shadd, 1998​
  26. The Blacks in Canada a History 2nd Edition, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Robin Winks, 1997   

Children's Books

  1. ​The Underground Railroad for Kids, From Slavery to Freedom, Chicago Review Press, Mary Kay Carson, 2005
  2.  Moments in Canadian Black History Grades 4-8, S&S Learning Materials, Jan Hansen, 2004
  3.  Underground to Canada, Penguin Group, Barbara Smucker, 1977

Education Guides 

  1. Black Studies A Resource Guide for Teachers Intermediate Division, Ministry of Education, 1983
  2.  The Historica-Dominion Institute Black History in Canada Education Guide 2009

Magazines 

  1. The Beaver, February/March 2005, "The Lynching of William Luke," [KKK] pp. 22-25
  2. The Beaver, December 2005/January 2006, "For Valour" p. 33; "The Changing Face of the Governor 
  3.      General p. 40 
  4. Crossings Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 2011, Ontario Black History Tour
  5. Canada's History Formerly The Beaver, June-July 2012, "Road to freedom," pp. 72-73
  6. The Canadian Quaker History Journal No. 73, 2008, "And So Thee Still Thinks of Going to Canada Eliza?" 
  7.       Understanding the Underground Railroad pp. 1-8; "The Coffin Family of Prince Edward Island," pp 80-
  8.       92
  9. Heritage Matters, Ontario Heritage Trust, Special Edition: From Slavery to Freedom Commemoration the    200th Anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, August 2007
  10. Heritage Matters, Ontario Heritage Trust Volume  6 Issue 2 June 2008, Looking north, "The Queen's Bush Black Settlement," p.9
  11. Heritage Matters, Special Edition Perspectives on the War of 1812, February 2012, "Fighting for freedom,"        p. 6
  12. Heritage Matters, Special Edition Celebration the International Year for People of African Descent, Nov. 2011
  13. Heritage Matters, Women's suffrage: An unfinished revolution, Spring 2018, "Jean Augustine," pp. 11-13; 
  14.     "We've always been here:" pp. 29-31;
  15. Heritage Matters, Autumn 2018,"Shifting the Narrative" pp.1-5; "To be dignified, stylish and Black in the
  16.      19th century was to defy expectations, pp. 8-10
  17. Ontario Heritage Trust, Otterville African Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Sat. July 8, 2006
  18. Ontario Heritage Trust Ontario’s Black heritage network
  19. The Journal of the Ontario Historical Society, Volume XCII, Number 2, Autumn 2000, "A Difference of
  20. ​    Perspective: Blacks, Whites, and Emancipation Day Celebration in Ontario,  1865 -1919," pp. 147-160
  21. Oxford County! 2005-2006, Tourism Oxford, "Our Black History", Heather A. Rennalls, page 6
  22. Sway Magazine Collector’s Edition, Winter 2010, Past Present Future Black History forever
  23. What's On Woodstock, February 2008, "Woodstock's Got Culture!" ['And Still I Rise' exhibition] p. 5
  24. ​What’s On Woodstock, February 2012, “Black History Month”, City of Woodstock, p.13
  25. What's On Woodstock, January/February 2021, "A Brief Black History of Woodstock," pp. 4-5; "Amazing   
  26.     Characters in Woodstock's Black History" pp. 6-8, by Heater A. Rennalls 

Pamphlets 

  1.  Hamilton: A Black Perspective A History of Blacks and Their Contributions, The Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association of Hamilton and District, 1991
  2. Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Information Booklet​
  3. ​Black History in  Canada Education Guide 
  4. The Black Presence in Canadian Politics, February 2002, Jean Augustine    
  5. 2001-2002 Annual Report, Black Cultural Center for Nova Scotia
  6. The 150th Anniversary of Uncle Tom's Cabin Commemorative Issue, "Truth Stranger Than Fiction," pp. 9-18
  7.  Harriet Tubman, Historic Sites and Monuments Board Of Canada, May 27, 2011 x2
  8. ​John Brown Festival, The Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society, Sat. May 5, 2007
  9. OBHS 25th Annual Kick-Off Brunch & A Year of Firsts, The Ontario Black History Society, Sunday Jan. 29, 2012
  10. OBHS A Showcase of Black Canadians in Sports
  11. People and Place Black History Tour London and SouthWestern Ontario, Museum London, 2003-2004
  12. Richard Pierpoint Heritage Minute Learning Tool 

Papers 

  1. "Daddy Hall's Incredible Story Through the Years," Peter Meyler 
  2. "Blacks Come to Canada and Norwich Township," Norwich and District Archives, May 2007
  3. "My Canadian Hero," Heather Rennalls for English & Media Studies 7101, Dec. 12, 1983

          American Books on Black History

  1.  Oroonoko or The Royal Slave, Aphra Behn   
  2. A Slave No More Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation, Mariner Books, David W. Blight, 2009
  3. Middle Passages, African American Journeys to Africa 1787-2005, Penguin Press, James Campbell, 2006
  4. Harriet Tubman The Road to Freedom, Little, Brown & Co., Catherine Clinton, 2004
  5.  Forbidden Fruit Love Stories from the Underground Railroad, Betty Deramus, Atria Books, 2005
  6. From Slave To Statesman, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Noble & Noble Publishers, Inc., 1972, Frederick Douglass
  7. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, Signet Classics, Frederick Douglass, 1997
  8. The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870, W.E.B. Du Bois, 1896
  9. The Autobiography of Malcom X, 1965, Alex Haley and Malcom X
  10. Bury the Chains Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves, Adam Hochschild, 2005
  11. Proudly Red and Black Stories of African and Native Americans, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, William Katz & Paula Franklin, 1993
  12. Still I Rise, A cartoon history of African Americans, The Philip Life Group, Inc., Roland Owen Laird Jr., 1997
  13. W.E.B. Du Bois The Flight for Equality And The American Century, 1919-1963, Henry Holt & Co., David Levering Lewis, 2000
  14. Freedom Just Around the Corner A New American History 1585-1828, Harper Collins Publishers, Walter McDougall, April 2004
  15. Three Negro Classics; Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, & James Weldon Johnson, Avon Books, 1965
  16. Follow in Their Footsteps Bibliographies of Ten Outstanding African Americans, Puffin Books, Glennette Tilley Turner, 1997
  17. The Slaves’ War The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves, Houghton Mifflin Company, Andrew Ward, 2008
  18. Deep Like the Rivers, Education In The Slave Quarter Community, 1831-1865, W.W. Norton 7 Co., Thomas Weber, 1978
  19. Amistad 1 Writings on Black History and Culture, 1970, Edited by John Williams & Charles Harris 
  20. ​Biko, Donald Woods

Children's Books 

  1.  Great Negroes Past and Present, Third Edition, Russell Adams, 1969
  2.  Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis, 2000
  3.  Witness to History Apartheid in South Africa, Heinemann Library, David Downing, 2004
  4. Coretta Scott King Civil Rights Activist, Chelsea House Publishers, 2007, Dale Evva Gelfand
  5. Dreamland the Burning of Black Wall Stret Tulas, Oklahoma 1921, Joy Ghosh
  6. Many Thousand Gone African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, Alfred Knopf, Virginia Hamilton, 1993
  7. Get On Board the Story of the Underground Railroad, Scholastic Inc., Jim Haskins, 1993
  8. “Wanted Dead or Alive” The True Story of Harriet Tubman, Scholastic Inc., Ann McGovern 1965
  9. Sojourner Truth Aint’ I a Woman? Scholastic Books, Patrick C. & Frederick McKissack, 1992
  10. Young Frederick Douglas Fight for Freedom, Troll Associates, Laurence Santrey, 1938
  11. Mississippi Bridge, 1990, Mildred Taylor
  12. Freedom’s Children The Passage from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Crown Publishers, Inc. Velma Maia Thomas, 2000
  13.   George Washington Carver, Anne Terry White, 1953

Magazines

  1. The Atlantic Special Commemorative Issue Presents The Civil War, March 2012
  2. Conde Nast Special Commemorative Edition Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the US, Jan. 8, 2018
  3. Florida Black Heritage Trail, A Florida Heritage Publication, 2007
  4. Historical Collector’s Edition A Pictorial History of African Americans Triumph Against All Odds Blac  ​History That Will Live Forever, 2011
  5. National Geographic The Black Pharaohs Conquerors of Ancient Egypt, February 2008
  6. National Geographic Premier Issue Fall 2011, Exploring History Young Lincoln Born Radical
  7. National Geographic, Eyewitness to the Civil War, May 2012
  8. National Geographic, Lincoln Looking for His Legacy Today, April 2015
  9. People, Barack Obama Makes History!, Nov. 17, 2008
  10. People, The Obamas' New Life!, Nov. 24, 2008
  11. People, Inauguration Special, President Barack Obama A New Day, Feb. 2, 2009
  12. Time Special Edition, 50 Years Later Martin Luther King Jr. May 2018
  13. Time, His Legacy, March 2-9, 2020

Pamphlets 

  1. Guidebook to African American History in the National Parks​
  2. Underground Railroad, National Park Service, 1990
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Black History Month Resources: 

Thank you to my friend Janet Brown who produced these resources for Black History Month. Although the books are from the Windsor Public Library, I am sure you can find these titles at your local library. As well as books listed under the 28 Books for Black History Month from Leddy Library from University of Windsor. 
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​The Leddy Library (University of Windsor) sought the public's help to compile a list for Black History Month: 28 Days, 28 Books You Should Read.
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Biographies 

  1. Born With A Call A Biography of Dr. William Pearly Oliver, C.M., Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia, Colin Thomson, 1986
  2. Pride, The Charley Pride Story, Charley Pride ​

Black Novels 

  1. ppalachee Red, Raymond Andrews
  2. I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings, Maya Angelo     
  3. Another Country, James Baldwin      
  4. Nobody Knows My Name, James Baldwin
  5. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin              
  6. In Another Place, Not Here, Dionne Brand
  7. Segu, Maryse Conde    
  8. Women, Culture & Politics, Angela Davis
  9. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison   
  10. Mama Flora’s Family, A Novel, Alex Hailey  
  11. Inner Peace: An Essential for Social Work Practice, James Harris
  12. The Serpent’s Gift, Helen Lee      
  13. The woman That I Am, D. Madison
  14. Ancestral House, Charles Rowell
  15. Colandra’s World, Janet Smith                               
  16. Man in Africa, Colin Turnbull             
  17. Living Through the Meantime, Iyanla Vanzant
  18. Tapping the Power Within, Iyanla Vanzant             
  19. Native Son, Richard Wright                                       

Poetry

  1. ​Copper Woman, Afua Cooper
  2. ​Treasured Quotations about Love, Corine Brown         
  3. ​ Shell, Olive Senior 

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Indigenous Canadian History Books 

  1. Stories of Métis Women: Tales My Kookum Told Me, Bailey Oster & Marilyn Lizee
  2. Indians of Canada, John Price
  3. Native Studies, John Price         ​                              

Educational Guides 

  1. Ontario An Informal History of the Land and Its People, 1984, by Robert Choquette, Ministry of Education 
  2. People of Native Ancestry, Curriculum Guideline for the Senior Division, 1981, Ministry of Education ​

Magazines 

  1. The Beaver, April/May 2005, "A Fine Day for a fight" pp. 20-25
  2. Canada's History Formerly The Beaver, June-July 2012, "Face or Fiction," pp. 40-46
  3. Heritage Matters, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2010, Exploring Ontario's southern peninsula, "The history of 
  4.   Chatham-Kent Bkejwanong: Sustaining a 6,000-year-old conservation legacy", pp. 4-6 
  5. Heritage Matters, Special Edition Perspectives on the War of 1812, February 2012, "A First Nations   
  6.         perspective," p.4; "Finding our place," p.7
  7. Heritage Matters, Volume 13, Issue 1, February 2015, Play. Endure. Inspire. Ontario's sport heritage
  8.        "Aboriginal athletes: Competing for recognition," pp. 9-11
  9. Heritage Matters, Women's suffrage: An unfinished revolution, Spring 2018, "Canada's first                                     electoral woman chief," pp. 16-17; "Suffrage and Indigenous women in Canada" pp. 26-27
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Pamphlets ​

Aboriginal Peoples, Self-Government, and Constitution Reform, Minister of Supply and Services Canada   
​     1991

Indigenous American History Books 

Magazines ​

  1. National Geographic, Jamestown The Real Story, May 2007
  2. National Geographic, Easter Island, The Riddle of the Moving Stones, July 2013
  3. National Geographic, In the spirt of Crazy Horse, Rebirth of a Sioux Nation, August 2012
  4. National Geographic, The First American, Jan. 2015
  5. Newsweek, Who Were the First Americans? April 26, 1999
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Quote: "My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” ~ Malcolm X ~