Railway porters presentation to Violet King, Calgary, Alberta.

Published in The Albertan, June 22, 1954, page 9. Violet King, first black woman called to the bar as a lawyer, presented with a purse by the Calgary local of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. L-R: Violet King, Phillip Randolph, Bennie Smith, Roy Williams.

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Date 1954-06

Creator De Lorme, Jack

Person(s) or Group(s) King, Violet Pauline, Randolph, Phillip, Smith, Bennie, Williams, Roy

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Black Canadians, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Calgary, Alberta--Personalities, Labour, Lawyers

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Fonds/Collection Jack De Lorme fonds

Reference code CA ACU GBA F2424

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/jack-de-lorme-fonds

Unique identifier CU1140944

Legacy Identifier na-5600-7757a-os

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"Railway porters presentation to Violet King, Calgary, Alberta.", 1954-06, (CU1140944) by De Lorme, Jack. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.