A Struggle to Walk with Dignity: The True Story of a Jamaican - Born Canadian

Gerald Archambeau's remarkable and courageous life along the frontiers of race relations in Jamaica, Canada and the United States forms the core of this autobiography of a man who met discrimination with dignity and blazed a new path for equality in the process.

In the telling, Archambeau takes readers into places they would not otherwise know about, where the experience of black people has transformed, and ultimately enriched, North American life - from the last days of the golden age of North American railways, to the jazz clubs of Montreal, through the growth of civil aviation and those who work in the industry, to the personal trials and family challenges in times of cultural and social change.

A reader will find humour as well as important social history in this true-life story. We travel with Archambeau as he encounters prime ministers and human rights officers, and as he challenges discrimination in the work place and even within the black community itself, which he calls "the same old soup warmed over. Gerald Archambeau's life traces the leading edge of race relations in the workplace and shows how personal courage combined with a full repertoire of responses -- including a strong fist, detailed record-keeping to document discriminatory practices, and dogged persistence in addressing the authorities -- helped pioneer a new harmony built upon mutual respect. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

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• Published by

  Blue Butterfly Book Publishing, Incorporated

• Publish Date

  October 05, 2010 

• Print ISBN

  9780978498207

• eBook ISBN

  9781926577333

• Imprint

  Blue Butterfly Book Publishing, Incorporated

• Filesize

  913.39 KB

• Number of Print Pages*

  280

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