Friday, October 19, 2012

Lincoln Alexander, Canada's first black MP dies at 90

Lincoln Alexander, former Ontario lieutenant governor, Canada's first black MP and cabinet minister has died at the age of 90.

The man known to all as "Linc" was a "living legend" in his hometown of Hamilton and a man whose life and career were "a series of groundbreaking firsts.

At a time when racism was endemic in Canadian society, Lincoln Alexander broke through barriers that treated visible minorities as second-class citizens, strangers in their own land. His whole life was a

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