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A porter’s hat badge, made by the Pullman Company during the early twentieth century. The Pullman Company was the origin for the hiring of Black men as sleeping car porters; they began this tradition, and the CPR and CNR simply borrowed their…

A coloured 19th-century plan of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, divided into numbered wards (I–VII). The map shows detailed street layouts, wharves, railroads, and shoreline features bordering Burlington Bay. Districts are shaded in different colours…

The plan clearly shows the shacks Black workers lived in, and it states, "Shacks (mostly coloured tenants)." The shacks held Black, Polish, Hungarian, Italian and Newfoundlanders. The shacks were in disgusting conditions without heat or water, and…

It shows the members of the choir. Union United was one of the most important churches in Canada, it served as a centre for community life, and cultural identity for many Black Canadians. Through the music they cultivated a sense of belonging and…

Another photo of the last segregated school in Ontario. The children were educated in poor conditions with outdated supplies and contaminated wells. Students were forced to stay due to the racist school system.

A photo of Clarence Bayne, holding up a Black history month poster