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Battalion 1916-1920: Canada’s Best Kept Military Secrets“ book cover, 13; shutterstock: Touched by light images, 15;
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Designer: Maja Lukasiewicz
Editor/Proofreader: Kristen George, Michelle King, James Saunders
Cover image: Four members of the Canadian Corps.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Black Canadians in Canada’s World Wars / by Brian D’Souza.
Names: D’Souza, Brian, 1981- author.
Description: Series statement: True North. Black heritage in Canada | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20230155219 | Canadiana (ebook) 20230155294 | ISBN 9781774564233
(hardcover) | ISBN 9781774564271 (softcover) | ISBN 9781774564318 (HTML) | ISBN 9781774564356 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: Soldiers, Black—Canada—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. | LCSH: World War,
1914-1918—Participation, Canadian—Juvenile literature. | LCSH: World War, 1939-1945—
Participation, Canadian—Juvenile literature. | CSH: Black Canadians—History—20th century—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC D639.B53 D76 2023 | DDC j940.3089/96071—dc23

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