Interviews of Charles Allen Milton Hogg, Harold Osburn Eastman, and Clarence Nathaniel Est by Stanley Grizzle

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Interviews of Charles Allen Milton Hogg, Harold Osburn Eastman, and Clarence Nathaniel Est by Stanley Grizzle

Charles Allen Milton Hog was born in Montreal in 1921 but then moved to Jamaica with his parents where he lived until 1946. Upon his return to Canada, he got a job as a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway and became active in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Montreal. He narrates his experiences in this union and in other local progressive Black organizations while also speaking to his memories as a porter. Harold Osburn Eastman [begins at 00:47:31] was born in Barbados in 1922 and came to Canada in 1942 to serve in the Canadian Army. After being given a medical exemption, he went to work as a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), where he served for forty years. His interview relays his participation in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the various promotions he attained while a CPR and the Via Rail employee. Clarence Nathaniel Est [Second file, begins at 00:25:13] was born in Antigua in 1903 and came to Montreal in 1926, where he worked as a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway until 1968. He speaks at length about the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the key labour leaders who shaped this union.

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Record Creation Date: 2024-05-21

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