The Black Battalion (1916-1920) Canada's best kept military secret is a 1987 book by Calvin Ruck, CM, about the No.

It chronicles the contributions of black Canadians to the Great War (1914-1918), whose military heritage had been forgotten.

Following the reunion of the Black Battalion on November 12–14, 1982 organized by The Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia as its first public event, which brought together nine surviving black WWI veterans, Ruck was inspired to delve into their history.

[1]: 6  Their contributions to the war effort were largely unknown until the publication of this book.

The first black officer in the British Empire, Reverend William A.