This book of personal reminiscences by labour and anti-racism activist Stanley Grizzle is a fast, and fascinating, read. Grizzle worked for 20 years as a sleeping car porter for the CPR, the only railroad job then open to African Canadians. It wasn't until 1955 that the first Black sleeping car conductors were hired in Canada. The book covers a lot of territory in its 100 pages, not only the story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, but also glimpses into the life of the African Canadian community in Toronto and anti-racism struggles in the labour movement and everyday life.

© CALM, 1998.