Some Great Thing (31 page)

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Authors: Lawrence Hill

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“North of the Colour Line: Sleeping Car Porters and the Battle Against Jim Crow on Canadian Rails, 1880–1920,” is an illuminating article by Sarah-Jane Mathieu, published by the History Cooperative.

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Winnipeg-based photographer and documentary producer George Siamandas traces Winnipeg’s and Manitoba’s history through dozens of short essays and
photographs. Read, among others, “Thomas Greenway: The Premier Who Banned French in Manitoba,” and “Billy Beal: One of the First Blacks in Manitoba.”

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About the Author

LAWRENCE HILL
is the acclaimed author of
The Book of Negroes
, which won the commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and CBC’s Canada Reads; the novel has also been published in a full-colour illustrated edition. his other works include
Any Known Blood
and
Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.
Lawrence Hill lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Visit him at www.lawrencehill.com.

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Also by Lawrence Hill

Novels

Book of Negroes

Any Known Blood

Non-Fiction

The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq
(with Joshua Key)
Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women’s

Association

Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians

Film

Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada

Copyright

Some Great Thing
Copyright © 1992 by Lawrence Hill. © 2009 by Lawrence Hill
Creative Services, Inc.
P.S. section © 2009 by Lawrence Hill Creative Services, Inc.

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