They Call Me George (eBook)

The Untold Story of The Black Train Porters

Cecil Foster (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
336 Seiten
Biblioasis (Verlag)
978-1-77196-262-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A CBC BOOKS MUST-READ NONFICTION BOOK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTHNominated for the Toronto Book AwardSmartly dressed and smiling, Canada's black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger-yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards-a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense-the so-called Pullmen of the country's rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster's They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.2.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: activism • Africa • African • African American • African-Canadian • Black Activism • black canadians • Black History • black rights • Canadian History • Citizenship Rights • Colonialism • Diaspora • History • Immigration • intergenerational • Labor • Multiculturalism • Nonfiction • nonfiction books adult • Porter • Postcolonialism • Race • racial identity • racial profiling • Racism • Rail • railroad history • Railways • Social Justice • Trains • transnational populations • workers rights • workplace • workplace discrimination
• ISBN-10: 1-77196-262-3 / 1771962623
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77196-262-9 / 9781771962629