St. Michels and Rockhead’s were briefly closed after racially targeted police raidings led by Inspector Louis Lévesque claiming that they were violating provincial liquor laws. Although Rockhead’s Paradise was able to re-open, St. Michel did not have…
A photograph taken by an unknown person in 1947. A Black sleeping car porter reads a book to a passenger, a young white boy. Sleeping car porters had to perpetuate stereotypes of Black men, that they were friendly and helpful and servile. However, by…