A Footnote to Freedom

<b>One family's story of racism, redemption, and the legacy of the No. 2 Black Construction Battalion.</b><br/><br/> From an early age, Lance B. Dixon had heard about his grandfather George Dixon, one of six hundred men who served in the only Black battalion in Canadian history - the No. 2 Construction Battalion of the First World War. Sadly, his knowledge about George's war experiences stopped there. In fact, much of his life remained a mystery. It has been left to Lance's father, Blair Dixon (also a veteran), to tell their story while reliving the shame they were taught to feel about being Black bodies in "a white man's world."<br/><br/> In <I>A Footnote to Freedom</I>, through intimate conversations with his father, Dixon grapples with the effects of racism across three generations. He also brings to light the painful irony of the Black battalion's struggle: that these men had to fight their own country to fight for the freedom of others in a distant land. This is the tale of his grandfather's redemption and the legacy he leaves behind.