Viola Desmond: Black Canadian Civil Rights Pioneer
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George Robert Carruthers was an African American space physicist and engineer, and a pioneer in ultraviolet astronomy. His...
David Walker was a Black abolitionist, writer, and political activist whose uncompromising attack on the Maafa made him...
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Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
