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Historian one of 10 human rights award winners

Posted 26 November 2009 by Lloyd Quansah

Most Torontonians are not familiar with the black experience in Canada, but for Adrienne Shadd, African-Canadian history is in her blood. Shadd is the great-great-grandniece of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first black women to publish and edit a newspaper in North America. She is also a direct descendant of Abraham Shadd, a leader of the American [...] Continue Reading

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