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Archive for August 10th, 2009
August 10th, 2009 - 5:38 pm § in Human Rights Leaders
Education Said Futile in War on Prejudice
The Globe – November 1st, 1954 Professor Everett W. Bovard, University of Toronto (psychology lecturer) states that the money that has been wasted by the government to teach about prejudice has not worked. However, a study conducted at the time among teenagers, to examine their attitudes on th[...]
August 10th, 2009 - 5:12 pm § in Human Rights & Public Policy, Human Rights Activism, Human Rights Leaders
Color Bar On Trial
Champion – The Voice of Young Canada. Vol. 4, No. 98 November 19, 1954. Toronto, Canada. “For the first time in Canada’s history, a summons for racial discrimination [has] come up before the courts”. The Joint Labor Committee for Human Rights of Toronto and Lakeshore Labor Co[...]
August 10th, 2009 - 3:51 pm § in Human Rights Activism, Human Rights Leaders
Judgment Reserved in Canada’s First Racial Discrimination Trial
Brockville Recorder and Times, Chatham, Ont. 1954 At last, the decision has been made to schedule a hearing for the case of two Dresden restaurant owners who violated the Ontario Fair Accomodation Practices Act. Defence cousel had no witnesses and a weak case by questioning the legality of the Act i[...]
August 10th, 2009 - 3:28 pm § in Human Rights Leaders
Law Useless for Negroes at Dresden
The Telegram – September 12th, 1954 “Walking in the sunlight of Chatham, Gladys Grizzle and Julian Brooks of Toronto, still reflect the indignity of racial discrimination they encountered at nearby Dresden, where they were refused service at two of three restaurants.” Click on th[...]
August 10th, 2009 - 3:16 pm § in Human Rights Leaders
Race Law Fails, Negroes Insulted
“The men and women responsible for Dresden’s reputation as the stronghold of color prejudice in Canada are ignoring the law”. It is quite clear that, although Labor Minister Charles Daley passed the Ontario Fair Accomodation Practices Act, there has been no enforcement and, compla[...]
August 10th, 2009 - 2:09 pm § in Human Rights Activism, Human Rights Leaders
Hugh Burnett
Hugh Burnett (1918–1991) was an African-Canadian civil rights leader. A descendant of slaves, Hugh Burnett was a carpenter in the rural Canadian town of Dresden in the province of Ontario. He was active in the National Unity Association, an anti-discrimination group formed in 1948: at the time,[...]