Black Heritage (Discovering Canada)
Contributors: A.G. Smith (Photographer)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781550051377
Subjects: History; History - General History; History: World; General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / People of Color; Canada - General; Social History; Blacks; Canada; Juvenile literature
Description: Black Heritage," the story of Canada_s Black heritage is filled with important events and amazing people who helped shape the country_s history and culture - people like: 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," Alberta cowboy John Ware, and Fergie Jenkins, the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of fame