Bromley Lloyd Armstrong (1926-2018)

Trade Unionist

Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, CM, OOnt, Black trade unionist, community organizer and activist (born 9 February 1926 in Kingston, Jamaica; died 17 August 2018 in Toronto, ON).

Bromley Armstrong was a pivotal figure in the early anti-discrimination campaigns in Ontario that led to Canada’s first anti-discrimination laws. A self-described “blood and guts” ally of the working poor, Armstrong demonstrated a lifelong commitment to the trade union movement and the battle against disadvantage and discrimination.

For more than six decades, Armstrong worked for human rights, helping to generate civic and government support for racial equality and advocating for human rights reforms in public policy.

 

EXTERNAL LINKS

• Dr. Bromley Armstrong, Black activist and community leader, challenged discrimination where he found it, The Star

• In memoriam: Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, 1926-2018, Now Magazine

• Remembering Bromley Armstrong, and the segregation of Canada’s stories, MacLeans Magazine

• Civil-rights champion Bromley Armstrong was ‘a gentleman and a scrapper’, the Globe and Mail

• Bromley Armstrong: Tireless Fighter for the Underdog and for Just Causes, Jamaican Association Canada’s Press Release