The Road Taken
9.0Sep 12, 19960h 52mDocumentary
Directed by Selwyn Jacob
Written by Frederick Ward
Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community, but harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until 1955 when porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.
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