City Speaks In Drums Hockey Portia White

Portia White

cold and isolated – and in a world slow to forget old fears and hate

influenced by the black league

It illustrates that the struggle for justice among Blacks is very much a Canadian as well as an American story

City Speaks In Drums Hockey Portia WhiteAuthor: Shauntay Grant Illustrated By: Susan Tooke Two boys from North End Halifax explore their neighbourhood and the city beyond, finding music everywhere. At the skate park, by the Public Gardens, down Spring Garden Road, and on the boardwalk, drums and saxophones and dancers and basketballs create the jumbled, joyful, pulsing rhythm of Halifax. Shauntay Grants playful spoken word style poem and Susan Tookes vivid illustrations create a wildly