Africville Ethnic & Regional | African American & Black ; Social Science | Discrimination ; Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs ; Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social the history of the South

the history of the South

part artist's book and part visual essay

exotic girl on his arm

is a hardworking student who does a better job parenting her younger twin sisters than their mom does

despite the progress we have made

Africville Ethnic & Regional | African American & Black ; Social Science | Discrimination ; Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs ; Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social the history of the SouthWinner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in IllustrationFinalist for a Governor Generals Literary Award, Young Peoples Literature Illustrated BooksFinalist for a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Childrens Books Award When a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories shes heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like the