Black Heritage

Discovering Canada series by Robert Livesey,

Rose Fortune, North America’s first policewoman, Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railway’s legendary “conductor”, Newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd, Elijah McCoy, the brilliant inventor who was “the real McCoy”, Mattieu da Costa interpreter, The Jamaican Maroons, builders of the Halifax Citadel, Soldiers Richard Pierpont and William Hall, Boxer George Dixon, Doc Shadd of Saskatchewan, Alberta cowboy John Ware, Fergie Jenkins, the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of fame, And many recent achievers, such as Rosemary Brown and Grant Fuhr. Robert Livesey’s engaging text and A. G. Smith’s detailed pen-and-ink illustrations, as well as many hands-on activites, encourage kids to celebrate the depth and diversity of Canada’s Black heritage. Learn history and have fun. The activities include:
Make a drum Build a settler’s cabin Create a meal Write a rap song