Adrienne Shadd

The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway

African Canadians in Hamilton

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When the Lincoln Alexander Parkway was named, it was a triumph not only for this distinguished Canadian but for all African Canadians. The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway looks at the history of blacks in the Ancaster-Burlington-Hamilton area, their long struggle for justice and equality in education and opportunity, and their achievements, presented in a fascinating and meticulously researched historical narrative. Although popular wisdom suggests that blacks first came via the Underground Railroad, the possibility that slaves owned by early settlers were part of the initial community, then known as the Head of the Lake, is explored. Adrien… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4597-1170-9
EAN: 9781459711709
Produktnummer: 20459392
Verlag: Dundurn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'556 KB

Über den Autor

Adrienne Shadd is a researcher, writer, curator and editor living in Toronto. She is co-author of We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women's History, co-editor of Talking About Identity: Encounters in Culture, Language and Identity with Carl James and recently has curated exhibitions entitled ...and still I rise in Hamilton, Ontario, on the experience of African-Canadian workers in the twentieth century.