In recognition of Emancipation Day, CBChas announceda series of specials this summer highlighting works by Black Canadians, including an encore presentation of the screen adaptation of the bestselling novelThe Book of Negroes.

Observed in Canada on Aug. 1, Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Empire.

The Book of Negroes, a six-part miniseries,will receive an encore broadcast as a three-night special event, Sunday, July 26 through Tuesday, July 28 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC TV and CBC Gem.

Based on the award-winning 2007 novel of the same name by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill,the story is a portrayal of the brutal realities of the slave trade told through one woman's life.

Aminata Diallo is kidnapped from her village in Niger and brought to South Carolina to work as a slave at the age of 11. After eventually winning her freedom, Diallo goes on to face decades of struggle and adversity, but later becomes a driving force in the abolitionist movement in Britain.

The Book of Negroeswon Canada Reads2009, championed by Canadian filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis. Its French translation version, Aminata, also won the French-language showLe combat national des livres in 2013.

The Book of Negroesreceived the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

The miniseries originally premiered on CBC in January 2015 and went on to win 10 Canadian Screen Awards.

Leading into the first night of The Book of Negroes, CBC will also feature news and arts programming starting at 6:30 p.m. ET (7 NT) with CBC Arts: Exhibitionists Reflection and Resistance hosted by broadcaster and writer Amanda Parris, dedicated to Black artists who are trying to create in the midst of an uprising.

Starting at7 p.m. ET (7:30 NT) on the first night, investigative journalist Asha Tomlinson will present a special hour including theCBC News special, Being Black in Canada, with exclusive new interviews and insights with Hill and the creators and cast of the miniseries.

CBC will also launch a new website called Being Black in Canada, which features the stories and experiences of Black Canadians, on July 26.

The Being Black in Canada website will showcase profiles, opinion pieces, video, audio and a range of work from across the CBC, including news, documentaries and arts.

CBC Arts will partnerwith Torontoactress, writer, director and producer Ngozi Paul and Emancipation Arts to present FREE UP!, the annual youth-led celebration of Emancipation Day featuring music, theatre, spoken word and dance.

Also in the entertainment lineup is Emmy Award-winning documentary series, Jackie Robinson, which tells the story of famed baseball player Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

The series will air Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. ET (8:30 NT) on CBCTV and CBC Gem.

The Book of Negroes and Jackie Robinson are featured on the Black Stories Collection, a recently launched page on CBC Gem showcasing Black creators and stories from Canada and around the world.

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