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African Heritage Month 2025 Legacy in Action: Celebrating Black Brilliance

The 2025 Halifax African Heritage Month Opening Night livestreamed from Halifax Public Libraries and available on YouTube.
Date: Livestreamed Wednesday, January 22, 7:00 pm
Held in partnership with: Black History Month Association, Halifax Public Libraries, HRM Office of Diversity & Inclusion/ ANSAIO, and the Black Cultural Centre.

Books that Celebrate Black Brilliance

Trailblazers Vol. 1 by Gabrielle David; Carolina Fung Feng (Editor); Chandra D. L. Waring (Introduction by)
Trailblazers shines a light on the accomplishments of Black women, which often led to widespread cultural change. Volume 1 features an assortment of sixty-five activists, dancers, and athletes.
eBook Black Men in the Academy by Brian L. McGowan (Editor); Robert T. Palmer (Editor); J. Luke Wood (Editor); David F. Hibbler, Jr. (Editor)
Using an anti-deficit approach, Black Men in the Academy explores narratives of resiliency, success, and achievement for black men in the academy. This book is an important text for scholars interested in promoting success in education for underrepresented minorities.
eBook Richard Wright in Context by Michael Nowlin (Editor)
Richard Wright was one of the most influential and complex African American writers of the twentieth century. This book gathers thirty-three new essays by leading scholars relating Wright's writings to biographical, regional, social, literary, and intellectual contexts essential to understanding them.
eBook The First Black Archaeologist by John W. I. Lee
The First Black Archaeologist reveals the untold story of a pioneering African American classical scholar, teacher, community leader, and missionary. Born into slavery in rural Georgia, John Wesley Gilbert became a nationally known figure in the early 1900s. His emphasis on inter-racial cooperation remains inspiring today.
eBook African Visionaries by Kropp Dakubu (Editor); Maria Asante (Editor)
In over forty portraits, African writers present extraordinary people from their continent: portraits of the women and men whom they admire, people who have changed and enriched life in Africa.
eBook Breaking Bread by bell. hooks; Cornel West
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life.
Still Rising by Janet Cheatham Bell
An inspiring collection of quotable short passages from historic and contemporary thought leaders throughout the African Diaspora.

eBooks and audio books

Click here for some Stories from People of African Descent

eBook or audio book formats available in the OverDrive database.

Halifax Declaration for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination, Released May 2023

Halifax Declaration for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination
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The Halifax Declaration, overwhelmingly supported by Black communities, organizations and institutions across Canada, is a manifesto rooted in the three objectives of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015–2024) proclaimed by the United Nations:
Recognition, Justice and Development

"We, Canadians of African descent, spanning all generations and regions of the country, convened at the National Black Canadians Summit in Halifax in 2022 to make a formal declaration:

“Recognition! Justice! Development!” are interdependent demands that we proclaim and will carry forward and defend with unwavering determination, for all oppressed peoples"

https://fmjf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DECLARATION_HALIFAX_2024_EN.pdf

Scarborough Charter

Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) is the first college in Atlantic Canada to sign the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The Scarborough Charter was spearheaded by the University of Toronto Scarborough with input and collaboration from students, employees, relevant organizations and Black political and civic leaders. It reflects a shared recognition of the realities of anti-Black racism and provides post-secondary institutions with concrete principles, actions and accountability measures to follow for a more inclusive future.

Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education (PDF 6.6 MB)

The International Decade for People of African Descent

2015-2024 is The International Decade for People of African Descent. This was proclaimed by the United Nations, General Assembly.

United Nations : International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024
Website includes extensive resources, photos, videos, and graphics.

Off-Campus Access

In order to support NSCC students, staff and faculty teaching and learning from home, the majority of the resources listed here are electronic. These include e-books, articles, videos and websites. You can use NSCC Libraries' e-resources off-site by logging in with your w# and password (the same login information you use for your NSCC email). Please see the eBook Guide for help viewing and borrowing eBooks.