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

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

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

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.

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…

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…

A photograph taken by an unknown person in 1951. A Black sleeping car porter makes the bed in a train car. Maintaining neatness and cleanliness was an important part of porters’ roles. There were specific rules they had to follow: certain ways to…

A black and white newspaper clipping from Contrast, a Black-owned newspaper. The image is a walk to bring attention to police brutality and the killing of Albert Johnson.

Musician and singer, Faith Nolan, performing her song "Jailhouse Blues" at the OFL.