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The Rex in the 80's
The Rex is the longest standing jazz club in Toronto, white owned and operated by the Ross family who opened the door in 1951 as a hotel and jazz club. Although it was never blatantly segregated, Toronto citizens felt that “By and large these spaces…
The Road Taken, NFB Film
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…
The Routledge Handbook Of Black Canadian Literature
This essay in The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature further explores beyond the who’s of the history, and it goes more into the how. This source explains the process and work it took for Black filmmakers specifically to be recognized…
The Stages of the Little Burgundy Urban Renewal Project
The name Little Burgundy (St. Antoine District) only became a recognized neighbourhood name in the 1960s, when city officials used it to label an ambitious urban renewal project. For decades, the community had been heavily dependent on railway…