Library Guides: Black History Month: Black Voices & Stories

Recommended Books & eBooks

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E185 .615 2015

Publication Date: 2015
Dear Current Occupant by Chelene Knight
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.4.K576 A6 2018

Publication Date: 2018
Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir by Brianna Craft
Publication Date: 2023

eBook
High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir by Steve Majors
Publication Date: 2021

eBook
We Are Bridges: A Memoir by Cassandra Lane
Publication Date: 2021

eBook
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors; Asha Bandele
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E185.97.K43 .A3 2018

Publication Date: 2018
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E185.97 .A56 A3 1969

Publication Date: 2009

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC WIL

Publication Date: 2022
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC JAM

Publication Date: 2020
Finding Edward by Sheila Murray
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC MUR

Publication Date: 2022
Frying Plantain: Stories by Zalika Reid-Benta
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC REI

Publication Date: 2020
Half of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC ADI

Publication Date: 2007
Junie by Chelene Knight
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC KNI

Publication Date: 2022
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC MAY

Publication Date: 2022
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Call Number: IAHS FICTION FIC WHI

Publication Date: 2016
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Call Number: FICTION FIC EDU

Publication Date: 2018
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC ANC

Publication Date: 2020

Afrobiz: Black Business Directory
Created to support Black owned businesses and Black entrepreneurs, Afrobiz is the largest Black owned Business Directory in Canada.
Being Black in Canada
CBC feature of the diverse stories and experiences of Black Canadians - includes news, documentaries, arts and other programming.
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
CRRF is a federal Crown corporation mandated to raise public awareness of the causes and manifestations of racism in Canada.

Intersectionality Matters!
Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.
Race Unwrapped
In Race Unwrapped, host Michelle Tyrene Johnson tackles different ways to unwrap and unpack race and identity.
Seat at the Table
Martine St-Victor and Isabelle Racicot have in-depth conversations with notable guests from media, sports and pop culture. They capture personal stories about the power of the Black Lives Matter movement.

A Mother Apart (Video Duration 1 hour 29 minutes)
Abandoned by her mother as a child, Jamaican-American poet and activist Staceyann Chin sets out on a quest for radical forgiveness—to heal herself and forge a better future for her daughter.
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
Through rare archives and infectious beats, this captivating five-part anthology series takes you from Kingston to Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.
True North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball
An intimate look at the rise of five aspiring athletes, Ryan Sidhoo’s nine-part docu-series captures the raw emotion of navigating today’s youth basketball machine.