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In her journal article, Blacks on Canadian Railways, Agnes Calliste breaks down the times of Black men working as sleeping car porters into three periods. The first is from 1917-1939. Black men were excluded from railway unions, so the Order of…

In his 1996 documentary, The Road Taken, filmmaker Selwyn Jacob interviews former sleeping car porters. One man, Earl Brisco, discusses the tipping culture, where he made a large portion of his money. “If you don’t give that man good service or a…

Black and White Still Image of a Minstrel Show occurring at Orangeville Lions Club in Ontario, during the 1950s. Pictured are around 2 dozen men on a stage, wearing face paint to darken their skin.

The cast of Black Theatre Workshop's production of The Gingerbread Lady takes a bow.

A ceremony within the RCMP to acknowledge and applaud their new female colleagues.

Cy McLean described the racial discrimination he faced while touring Canada and about how he had problems getting into the musicians union. Even after accomplishing the task of finding work and gigs to play at, he continued to encounter difficulties…

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

Section 91 (24) of the British North America Act, 1867, was perceived as an act to help the Indigenous population, but was truly an act to assimilate their community.

A bill was set into the council of the Immigration Act prohibiting any person of African descent from entering Canada for one year. The explanation was that they were deemed unsuitable for the climate and requirements.

Police are tossing students into a pile near Toronto Avenue at the U.S. Consulate. The demonstration was in support of the civil rights workers in the state of Alabama.