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James Robinson Johnston
James Robinson Johnston, known as "Lawyer Johnston" to many, is an important figure in Nova Scotian history: not only was he the first Black graduate of Dalhousie University, he was the first Black graduate of Dalhousie Law School as well. This biography deals with Johnston's personal and professional life, his role as a brilliant lawyer, community man and husband. It also deals with the sensitive issue of his death at the hands of his brother-in-law, Harry Allen, which caused a scandal when it occurred in March 1915. Author and descendant Justin Johnston looks at the associated impact the death and the killer's trial had on Nova Scotia's Black community, both past and present. At the pinnac...
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century. This collection demonstrates that the social history of Blacks in Canada has always been inextricably bound to questions of law, and that the role of the law in shaping Black life was often ambiguous and shifted over time. Comprised of eleven engaging chapters, organized both thematically and chronologically, it includes a substantive introduction that provides a synthesis and overview of this complex history. This outstanding collection will appeal to both advanced specialists and undergraduate students and makes an important contribution to an emerging field of scholarly inquiry.
Reckoning with Racism
In 1994, a white police officer arrested a Black teenager, placed him in a choke hold, and charged him with assault and obstructing arrest. In acquitting the teen, Judge Corrine Sparks – Canada’s first Black female judge – remarked that police sometimes overreacted when dealing with non-white youth. The acquittal was appealed and ultimately upheld, but most of the white judges who reviewed the decision critiqued Sparks’s comments. Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada fumbled over its first complaint of judicial racial bias. This is an enthralling account of the country’s most momentous race case.
Origins of Pan-Africanism
This book recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams through original research, each chapter set in the social context of the times, providing insight not only into a remarkable man who has been heretofore virtually written out of history, but also into the African Diaspora in the UK a century ago.
Corporate Cthulhu
An anthology of twenty-five Lovecraftian horror stories set in the world of business and bureaucracy. Includes tales from Peter Rawlik, DJ Tyrer, Gordon Linzer, and many more!
The Place of Research and Studies in the Development of Africa and the African Diaspora
The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation, in collaboration with the Pan-African Strategic and Policy Research Group, the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Faculty of Humanities and Education in the University of the West Indies, held an international conference in Trinidad and Tobago in 2006. The background was the desire to put Africa's past in proper perspective, and illustrating her contribution to human development. The sixteen papers in this volume were presented at the conference, and have the overall theme of culture and identity on the continent and in the diaspora. Issues covered include as Africana Studies, Education, History and Philosophy; Western Feminism and Global African Womanism; Indigenous Knowledge, Science and Technology. Some papers also explored Africa's contributions to engineering, religious concepts, astronomy, literature, language, arts, textiles and medicine.
Wasteland Book 9: A Thousand Lies
The beginning of the end! Marcus has long dreamed that "everything ends in fire," but even he didn't expect this! As the city prepares to face his mysterious father, a cabal of his closest advisors plots to assassinate Marcus... but the Lord Founder has a few secrets of his own, and their revelation will bring the city to its knees!
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
"A Meteor of Intelligent Substance" "Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is" "Liberties is THE place to be." Liberties, a journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time. Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and leaders throughout the world; new poetry; and, introduces the next generation of writers and voices to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today's culture and politics.
The Guardianship of Best Interests
A history of charitable children's homes and emergent state-centred child welfare policy in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
“A history and a testimonial towards healing” of the hundreds of African-Nova Scotian orphans who suffered abuse and neglect at the government’s hands (The Coast). In 1921, prominent lawyer and Nova Scotia Black leader James R. Johnston’s vision of a place welcoming of Black children came to reality. In an era of segregation and overt racism that saw most orphanages refuse to take in Black children, the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children fulfilled an important role. But despite its good intentions, today the Home is mostly known for a troubling past. Former residents launched a class action lawsuit alleging sexual and physical abuse suffered at the Home over a period of several de...
