Article Provided By: The Canadian Encyclopedia Source: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/carrie-best Date: 2019-31-01 Carrie Mae Best (née Prevoe), OC, ONS, LLD, human rights activist, author, journalist, publisher and broadcaster (born 4 March 1903 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia;…

Article Provided By : Wikipedia Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy Date: 2021-06-12 Elijah McCoy was born free in 1844 in Colchester, Ontario, Canada to George and Mildred (Goins) McCoy. At the time, they were fugitive slaves who had escaped from Kentucky to…

Article Provided By: Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Desmond Date: 2021-01-07 Viola Irene Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was a Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946 she challenged racial segregation at a cinema…

Article Provided By : Wikipedia Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Alexander Date: 2020-28-12 Lincoln Alexander was a lawyer, member of parliament, cabinet minister and war veteran, but he is perhaps best known as the former lieutenant governor of…