Tomekichi Homma, Canadian: 5

When the British Empire's top court struck down a law denying Chinese workers the right to work in coal mines, Homma saw an opportunity to achieve full citizenship

White union fishermen march in Steveston during the 1900 strike, which marked the high water mark of fragile unity across racial lines in the salmon fishery. Homma had moved to Vancouver, where he was preparing his historic court challenge. LAC PA-017207

The Dunsmuir battle was the latest in a long legal war by BC exclusionists to deny Chinese workers th…