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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Black and white archival photograph of four Black men standing in a row. The two men in the centre are shaking hands and all four men are smiling.

Source: Library and Archives Canada / PA-212572

Date: Unknown

Shirley Jackson (far left) was active in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). The Canadian group joined the American Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1939. On May 18, 1945, the BSCP became the first Black union in Canada to sign an agreement with its employer, the Canadian Pacific Railway.