Nearly a century ago, Andrea Este's great-uncle founded a community centre that was a sanctuary for Montreal's Black community for decades. She writes about why it's important to remember his story today, and how she's honouring his legacy by working to revive the community centre.
After being kept out of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, Canada's sleeping car porters formed the first Black labour union in North America. A new drama series airing on CBC and BET, The Porter, features the history of the primarily Black sleeping car porters in the 1920s.