The first step towards honouring the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and people of African descent is a commitment to learning their legacy.
Here are some texts, films, and online resources from the library’s collection to help members of the UNB community begin or continue that journey.
Databases
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources
- Black Thought and Culture
- Empire Online
- Slavery, Abolition & Social Justice
Select Books
- Black Canadians: History, Experiences, Social Conditions by Joseph Mensah (2010)
- The Blacks in Canada: A History by Robin Winks (1997)
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (2018)
- The Skin We're in: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole (2020)
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt (2020)
- More books about Black History in Canada
Select Films
- From the Library of Black History: Black Eagles. Tony Brown Productions, 2018.
- From the Library of Black History: Booker T. Washington Freedom Trail – the Spirit of Black Higher Education. Tony Brown Productions, 2018.
- Gates, Henry Louis, et al., directors. African-American Lives: The Promise of Freedom. Films Media Group, 2011.
- Explore more films at UNB Libraries
Slave Collar (silver, bronze), Owned by Abraham DeMill, Sussex, New Brunswick, before 1834 (Kings Landing Historical Settlement, photograph by Mike Meade)
Subject Guides
Also check out the blog posts on Atlantic Loyalist Connections
- The Importance of the Book of Negroes
- Naming Culture in the Book of Negroes
- Named in Freedom: Children in the Book of Negroes
- In Sickness and in Health: the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains, winter 1827
- To be free or not to be: that is the question