Resource List for 2026 Black History Month
Sources: WCWRC staff, MB Teachers’ Society, UWSA
Black History Manitoba, Local Events List
Watch:
The Danger of a Single Story – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk
Black Life: Untold Stories is an eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada. The trailer provides an excellent overview of the series’ content. Find the full list of episodes here.
Being Black on the Prairies is the history of Black Canadians in central Canada was chronicled by the CBC in its series ‘Being Black on the Prairies’.
Noir et Fier (Black and Proud), a celebration of Black francophone culture in Manitoba.
Read:
Preschool:
- I Sang You Down from the Stars – Tasha Spillett-Summer
- My Soca Birthday Party – Yolanda T. Marshall
- My Hair is Beautiful – Shauntay Grant
K-6:
- Because You Are – Jael Richardson
- Welcome to the Cypher – Khodi Dill
- I Promise – Catherine Hernandez
- Where Are You Agnes? – Tessa McWatt
- Hockey Night in Kenya – Danson Mutinda
- Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats – Cylita Guy
- My Hair – Danielle Murrell Cox
- Idia of the Benin Kingdom – Ekiuwa Aire
- Dear Black Girls – Shanice Nicole
- Swim Team – Johnnie Christmas
Grade 7+:
- Until We Break – Matthew Dawkins
- Twice as Perfect – Louisa Onomé
- Hurricane Summer – Asha Bromfield
- The Underground Railroad – Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost
- The Bones of Ruin – Sarah Raughley
- Facing the Sun – Janice Lynn Mather
- Charming as a Verb – Ben Philippe
Adults:
- The Skin We’re In – Desmond Cole
- Black Life – Walcott & Abdillahi
- So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
- Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
- The Hate You Give – Angie Thomas
- The Journey of Little Charlie, Bud, Not Buddy, and more – Christopher Paul Curtis
- Paradis – Toni Morrison
- Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Color Purple – Alice Walker
- Half-Blood Blues – Esi Edugyan
- James – Percival Everett
- Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
- Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
- Open Water – Caleb Azumah Nelson
- Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
- The Book of Negroes – Lawrence Hill
Listen to:
- Blacklantic (Atlantic Canada Podcast/Media Channel)
- Gentler by Maya Fleming
- Ordinary Black Girl Podcast
- Meet 7 Groundbreaking Black Scientist from the Past (CBC)
Attend, Donate, and Support:
- blackownedmb.com: Black business director
- west.afrobiz.ca: Black business directory
- bhmwinnipeg: Fundraisers, events, and training
- Pilgrim Baptist Church: Black History Month Events
- @theblacklabelwpg: Winnipeg’s Black Creatives’ Collective
- Black Space Winnipeg: Events, artist demonstrations and workshops
- QPOCWinnipeg: Events for Queer and Trans Identified Black, Indigenous & People of Colour
- Justice4BlackLivesWPG: Community Organizers in Winnipeg
