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Sikh men aboard the Komagata Maru, an immigration boat, heading for Canada.

Statistics garnered from a survey targeted towards minorities in Canada. It is judged from levels of discrimination, discovering two of the most marginalized groups in Canada.

Women in the RCMP, a representation of the Fraser v. Canada discrimination case against female officers.

In his memoir, 'My Name’s Not George,' former porter and activist Stanley G. Grizzle gives his account of his time as a sleeping car porter and of the history of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). For years, Black employees couldn’t…

Graduate photo of Sylvia Waddell

A blue and yellow button created for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1951. It was likely used to show that it belonged to a porter who had paid his monthly membership fee. Although sleeping car porters were only paid a meagre amount, being…

A letter from A. Philip Randolph, the president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), to Stanley Grizzle, written in March 1955. Randolph thanks Grizzle for his prior letter, in which Grizzle brought to attention the fact that Black men…

A newspaper article written by Patrick Nicholson for the Daily Mercury’s Ottawa Report in October 1953. Nicholson discusses the Fair Employment Practices Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race (among other things) in jobs with…

"Riding The Rails: Black Railroad Workers in Canada and the United States" was published by the Labour journal in 2002. The article discusses the formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). Founded in the United States by A. Philip…

news report about Marrisse Scott's enrollment