Lindsay Ruck comes from a family steeped in the history of the contributions of Black Atlantic Canadians and she wants to pass along those stories in a form accessible to children.

Her father Douglas was the valedictorian of his graduating class at the University of King's College in Halifax and went on to study law at Dalhousie University. He founded his own law firm and became the first Black ombudsman of Nova Scotia.

Ruck's grandfather, Calvin, was a social worker and social activist who press…