Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
A Footnote to Freedom: Reclaiming the Life and Legacy of a Black Battalion Soldier

A Footnote to Freedom: Reclaiming the Life and Legacy of a Black Battalion Soldier

Dixon, Lance B.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralMilitary BiographiesWorld War I

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1459756975
ISBN13: 9781459756977
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 6.90
Language: English
One family's story of racism, redemption, and the legacy of the No. 2 Black Construction Battalion.

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.

In A Footnote to Freedom, 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.

Also in

Military Biographies

View All