Interviews of Harold James Fowler, Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse, and James Laverne Robbins by Stanley Grizzle.

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Interviews of Harold James Fowler, Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse, and James Laverne Robbins by Stanley Grizzle.

Harold James Fowler speaks to the effectiveness of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and generally, to the working conditions he experienced as a sleeping car porter. Elsworth Edward Buster Rouse [begins at 00:44:27] provides a general overview of the working conditions of sleeping car porters on the Canadian Pacific Railway. James Laverne Robbins [Second sound file, begins at 00:11:05] details the history of unionization within the Canadian Pacific Railway, and what his experience as a porter was like after the establishment of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. He also discusses how portering allowed for upward mobility within Canada’s Black community.

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Record Creation Date: 2024-05-21

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