Hill is best known for his masterpiece, The Book of Negroes,which has sold more than 700,000 copies, making it one of the most popular books in Canadian publishing history. The novel has been translated into French and adapted into a mini-series for television, giving its powerful message an even wider audience.
Between 1905 and 1912, as many as 1,500 African Americans moved from the United States to Western Canada in hopes of finding a better life. The Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots interviewed nineteen descendants of these early settlers about their experiences of relocating and living in the Canadian prairies.
Book review: Harriet’s Legacies intertwines the work of Black artists and academics. Governor General’s Literary Award winner George Elliott Clarke contributes powerful poems written from the perspectives of, among others, African- Canadian artist Edward Bannister and Black Victoria Cross winner William Hall.
Cross-Border Cosmopolitans offers fresh insights into Black liberation movements in the twentieth century, focusing on the transnational efforts of Black North Americans of American, Caribbean, and Canadian descent.
Howie Morenz was ranked by The Hockey News as the 15th best player in hockey history. Yet, with all that accomplished during his life, he is still more commonly known for his untimely death.
Book Review: The collective uses black-and-white sequential art to illuminate the stories of workers from across our nation who organized to create better working environments.
