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After Closed Meeting on Metro's racism problems, about 25 members of East Indian community relax with head table spokesmen. From left, rear Deputy Pol(...)

Date1/26/1977

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Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: After Closed Meeting on Metro's racism problems; about 25 members of East Indian community relax with head table spokesmen. From left; rear Deputy Police Chief Jack Ackroyd; Assistant Deputy Attorney-General John Greenwood; Attorney-General Roy McMurtry and Police Chief Harold Adamson. Educating public is main solution; they agreed; and McMurtry said he will press for more involvement by the school system to combat racial prejudice.

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Race discrimination

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