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ISBN: 1-896867-02-02
"No Crystal Stair," is an absorbing novel created from two interweaving, but increasingly contradictory and contemporary themes: functioning as though white or surviving as Blacks. With humor and sensitivity, "No Crystal Stair," reveals both the conflict and the human heart of the proud tight knit Black community of the Little Burgundy district of Quebec in the mid-forties. It was a city inhabitated by jazz musicians, cafe society, artists, gangsters - those whose world revolved around Rockhead's Paradise - and others who clung to the contemporary church at the tail end of prohibition, the depression and the anxious years of WWII. Towards Freedom: The African Canadian Experience Author: Avis Glaze and Ken Alexander Publisher: Umbrella Press, Toronto Ontario ISBN: 1-895642-20-5 Excerpt: "Towards Freedom," traces the four-hundred-year Black struggle for freedom, justice and equality in Canada. Blending historical events and people with contemporary issues, it shows Black nation-builders contributing enormously to Canada's evolving democracy. The border is described as porous, with influences moving to and from the United States, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. "Towards Freedom" chronicles the influences, highlights major Black achievements, and depicts Canadian history from the Black prespective. The Origin of Waves Author: Austin Clarke Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, Ontario ISBN: 0-771-2127-5 Winner of the 1998 Roger's Communication Prize for Literature Excerpt: On this afternoon, we just watched the conch shell as the waves came in and covered it, and changed its color for just one moment. The water mixed with the sand had the same consistency as the Cream of Wheat porridge our mothers made us eat for breakfast and for strength, to make us men. The conch shell did not move, or lean over from its majesty, from the touch of waves. It is Christmas in Toronto. Two elderly Barbadian men, who were close friends in childhood, and haven't seen each other for years, literally bump into each other during a blizzard. They go to a nearby bar, where they spend the rest of the day and night reminiscing and sharing stories and opinions. They talk about an afternoon, which they spent together as boys in Barbados - when neither could believe that any other place existed for them. The Origin of Waves is lively, fresh, humorous, poetic and provocative. Warriors Don't Cry Author: Melba Pattillo Beal Publisher: Pocket Books ISBN: 067-1866-397 Review: Warriors Don't Cry tells the story of Melba Pattillo, who was one of nine African-American children who fought to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation should come to an end. Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas chose to ignore the ruling. He refused to allow Black children to attend the State's schools. Nine children, including the author decided to fight Faubus so they could attend the white school. Their battle was successful.
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