Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction * Part I. A Narrative History * A Narrative of Race in Canadian History from Slavery to the Underground Railroad * The Many Faces of Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Canada 1880-1960 * My Early Memories of Race, My Sister Viola and My Journey of Self-Discovery (Wanda Robson) * Part II. A Documentary History * Marie Marguerite Rose: What Her Inventory of Material Possessions Tells Us About Slavery and Freedom in Eighteenth-Century New France * West Indian Immigration to Canada 1900-1920: What the Census Figures Don't Tell Us * The Culture of Racism in Canada: Burning Crosses, Blackened-Faced Actors and Minstrel Shows * Pearleen Oliver: Pioneer in the Fight to End Racial Discrimination * Epilogue * Appendix: The Promised Land Project Symposium Round Table Discussion * References * Index

About the Author

Graham Reynolds is a professor emeritus and the Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice at Cape Breton University. Wanda Robson is the author of Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond, Canada's Rosa Parks.

Reviews

"An impressive book that tackles much more than the experience of Viola Desmond. Reynolds work is a wide-ranging discussion of the broad themes of slavery, race, segregation and historical memory." (Harvey Amani Whitfield, University of Vermont) "Reynolds' book is a significant and timely contribution to the burgeoning field of African Canadian history and social justice studies. I thank him for writing this book." (Afua Cooper, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University)